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			<div class="d">Asbestos insulated, 200&deg;C dry location, only for leads within apparatus or within raceway to apparatus.</div>
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			<div class="t">A.C.</div>
			<div class="d">Alternating Current (a.c.). Current in which the charge-flow periodically reverses and is represented by: I = I&ordm; cos (2 f %2B ^) where, I is the current, I&ordm; is the amplitude, f the frequency, the phase angle.</div>
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			<div class="t">AA</div>
			<div class="d">Aluminum Association</div>
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			<div class="t">AA-1350</div>
			<div class="d">Electrical-grade, commercially pure aluminum.</div>
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			<div class="t">AA-8000</div>
			<div class="d">Electrical-grade aluminum alloy conductor material.</div>
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			<div class="t">AA-8176</div>
			<div class="d">The AA-8000 Series aluminum alloy developed and used by Southwire Company.</div>
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			<div class="t">AAAC</div>
			<div class="d">All Aluminum Alloy Conductor, usually used to refer to 6201 aluminum alloy.</div>
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			<div class="t">AAC</div>
			<div class="d">All Aluminum Conductor</div>
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			<div class="t">AAR</div>
			<div class="d">Association of American Railroads</div>
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			<div class="t">AASC</div>
			<div class="d">Aluminum All Stranded Conductors</div>
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			<div class="d">Armored Cable, 2,3 or 4 conductor, #14 to # 1 AWG, 600 volt rated or less, dry locations only, used in accordance with N.E.C. Article #320</div>
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			<div class="t">AC90</div>
			<div class="d">Armoured Cable, 90&deg; C rated, dry locations</div>
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			<div class="t">ACAR</div>
			<div class="d">Aluminum Conductor Alloy Reinforced</div>
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			<div class="t">ACIC</div>
			<div class="d">Armoured Control and Instrumentation Cable, can have various temperature and voltage ratings</div>
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			<div class="t">ACM</div>
			<div class="d">designation for Aluminum Conductor Material (8000 series of aluminum alloys)</div>
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			<div class="t">ACSR</div>
			<div class="d">Aluminum Conductor Steel Reinforced</div>
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			<div class="t">ACT</div>
			<div class="d">A multiple conductor thermoplastic insulated cable with steel spiralled interlocking armour. The armour has the appearance of flexible conduit.</div>
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			<div class="t">ACWU</div>
			<div class="d">Armored Cable, Wet rated, direct burial (U)</div>
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			<div class="t">AF</div>
			<div class="d">Single conductor asbestos insulated fixture wire 150&deg;C.</div>
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			<div class="t">AI</div>
			<div class="d">Impregnated asbestos insulated, application same as type AF.</div>
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			<div class="t">AIA</div>
			<div class="d">Impregnated asbestos with braid, application same as for type AI and open wiring.</div>
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			<div class="t">ALS</div>
			<div class="d">A type of cable consisting of insulated conductors enclosed in a continuous, closely fitting aluminum tube.</div>
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			<div class="t">ANSI</div>
			<div class="d">American National Standards Institute</div>
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			<div class="t">ANSI X12</div>
			<div class="d">Is the official designation of the U.S. national standards body for the development and maintenance of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) standards. The group was founded in 1979, and is an accredited standards committee under the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). The acronym stands for "American National Standards Institute Accredited Standards Committee X12", with the designation of X12 being a sequential designator assigned by ANSI at the time of accreditation with no other significance.</div>
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			<div class="t">AS2</div>
			<div class="d">A specification about how to transport data securely and reliably over the Internet. Security is achieved by using digital certificates and encryption.</div>
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			<div class="t">ASC</div>
			<div class="d">Aluminum Stranded Conductors</div>
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			<div class="d">Airport Series Lighting Cable – 5000 volt, 90&deg; C wet rated, for airport runways etc.</div>
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			<div class="t">ASME</div>
			<div class="d">American Society of Mechanical Engineers</div>
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			<div class="t">ASTA</div>
			<div class="d">United Kingdom approval agency.</div>
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			<div class="d">The American Society for Testing and Materials, a non-profit industry-wide organization which publishes standards, methods of test, recommended practices, definitions and other related material.</div>
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			<div class="t">AVA</div>
			<div class="d">Asbestos and varnished Cambric insulated, 110&deg;C dry locations.</div>
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			<div class="d">Asbestos and varnished Cambric insulated, 90&deg;C dry locations.</div>
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			<div class="t">AVL</div>
			<div class="d">Asbestos and varnished Cambric uninsulated, 110&deg;C dry location lead sheathed.</div>
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			<div class="t">AWAC</div>
			<div class="d">A cable consisting of a composite of aluminum strands and aluminum clad strands.</div>
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			<div class="t">AWM</div>
			<div class="d">UL designation for appliance wiring material.</div>
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			<div class="d">A thin coating of some metal part (usually steel or iron) with aluminum by electroplating.</div>
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			<div class="t">Abrasion Resistance</div>
			<div class="d">Ability of a wire, cable or material to resist surface wear.</div>
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			<div class="t">Accelerated Aging</div>
			<div class="d">A test that attempts to duplicate long-time environmental aging in comparatively short time spans.</div>
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			<div class="t">Accelerator</div>
			<div class="d">A chemical additive which hastens a chemical reaction under specific conditions.</div>
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			<div class="t">Activator</div>
			<div class="d">A chemical additive used to initiate the chemical reaction in a specific chemical mixture.</div>
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			<div class="t">Adhesive-Bonded</div>
			<div class="d">Cables bonded by adding an adhesive coating to the surface of the cable components, then joining and curing the adhesive to form a cable. See Bonded Cables.</div>
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			<div class="t">Adjacent Conductor</div>
			<div class="d">Any conductor next to another conductor either in the same multi-conductor cable or in adjacent layers.</div>
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			<div class="t">Admittance</div>
			<div class="d">The measure of the ease with which an alternative current flows in a circuit. The reciprocal of impedance.</div>
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			<div class="t">Aerial Cable</div>
			<div class="d">A cable suspended in the air on poles or other overhead structure.</div>
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			<div class="t">Aging</div>
			<div class="d">The change in properties of a material with time under specific conditions.</div>
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			<div class="t">Air Core Cable</div>
			<div class="d">A cable in which the interstices in the cable core are not filled with a moisture barrier</div>
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			<div class="t">Aircraft Wire</div>
			<div class="d">An electrical wire primarily designed for extreme conditions (temperature, altitude, solvents, fuels, etc.) of airborne equipment.</div>
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			<div class="t">Al</div>
			<div class="d">The chemical symbol for aluminum.</div>
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			<div class="t">Alligator Clip</div>
			<div class="d">A mechanical device shaped like alligator jaws, used as a temporary connection on the end of interconnection wire.</div>
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			<div class="t">Alloy</div>
			<div class="d">A metal formed by combining two or more different metals to obtain desirable properties.</div>
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			<div class="t">Alternating Current</div>
			<div class="d">An electric current that continually reverses its direction giving a definite plus and minus wave form at fixed intervals.</div>
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			<div class="t">Aluminum-Steel Conductor</div>
			<div class="d">A composite conductor made up of a combination of aluminum and steel wires.</div>
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			<div class="d">A thick aluminum coating molded on a high strength steel core used for its strength, conductive and weight characteristics. An aluminum clad steel wire. *United States Alumoweld Company</div>
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			<div class="t">Ambient Temperature</div>
			<div class="d">The temperature of a medium (gas or liquid) surrounding an object.</div>
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			<div class="t">American Wire Gauge (AWG)</div>
			<div class="d">The standard system used for designating wire diameter. The lower the AWG number, the larger the diameter. Also called the Brown and Sharpe (B&S) Wire Gauge.</div>
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			<div class="t">Ampacity</div>
			<div class="d">See Current-Carrying Capacity.</div>
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			<div class="t">Ampere</div>
			<div class="d">The unit of current. One ampere is the current flowing through one ohm of resistance at one volt potential.</div>
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			<div class="t">Ampere's Law</div>
			<div class="d">The magnetic intensity at any point near a current-carrying conductor can be computed on the assumption that each infinitesimal length of the conductor produces at the point of an infinitesimal magnetic density. The resulting magnetic intensity at the point is the vector sum of the contributions of all the elements of the conductor.</div>
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			<div class="t">Analog</div>
			<div class="d">Transmission data densities by continuously variable quantities.</div>
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			<div class="t">Anneal</div>
			<div class="d">The process of controlled heating and cooling of a metal. In a wire and cable products, copper and aluminum are annealed to increase flexibility while maintaining adequate strength.</div>
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			<div class="t">Annular Conductor</div>
			<div class="d">A number of wires stranded in three reversed concentric layers around a core.</div>
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			<div class="t">Annunciator</div>
			<div class="d">signal and bell wire, low voltage, generally PVC insulated</div>
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			<div class="t">Anti-Oxidant</div>
			<div class="d">A substance which prevents or slows down oxidation of material exposed to air.</div>
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			<div class="t">Appliance Wire and Cable</div>
			<div class="d">A classification covering insulated wire and cable for internal wiring of appliances and equipment.</div>
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			<div class="t">Arc Resistance</div>
			<div class="d">The time required for an arc to establish a conductive path in a material.</div>
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			<div class="t">Armor</div>
			<div class="d">The outer-most layer of a cable applied for mechanical protection usually consisting of layer(s) of metallic tape, braid, or served wires.</div>
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			<div class="t">Armored Cable</div>
			<div class="d">A cable provided with a wrapping of metal for mechanical protection.</div>
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			<div class="t">Attenuation</div>
			<div class="d">Power loss in an electrical system. In cables, generally expressed in db per unit length, usually 100 ft.</div>
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			<div class="t">Audio Frequency</div>
			<div class="d">The range of frequencies audible to the human ear, usually 20-20,000 Hz.</div>
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			<div class="t">B & S Gauge</div>
			<div class="d">The same as American Wire Gauge (AWG).</div>
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			<div class="d">Billion Conductor Feet. A quantity derived by multiplying the number of conductors in a cable by the amount of cable. Used to indicate plant capacity or an annual requirement.</div>
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			<div class="t">Band Marking</div>
			<div class="d">A continuous circumferential band applied to a conductor at regular intervals for identification.</div>
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			<div class="t">Band Width</div>
			<div class="d">The frequency range of electrical signals transmitted.</div>
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			<div class="t">Banded Cable</div>
			<div class="d">Two or more cables banded together by stainless steel strapping.</div>
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			<div class="t">Barrel-Packed</div>
			<div class="d">Method of coiling into a fiber drum for shipment.</div>
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			<div class="t">Belt</div>
			<div class="d">Number of layers of insulation on a conductor or number of layers of jacket on a cable.</div>
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			<div class="t">Belted-Type Cable</div>
			<div class="d">Multiple conductor cable having a layer of insulation over the assembled insulated conductors.</div>
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			<div class="t">Bend Radius</div>
			<div class="d">The radius of the bend (usually designated as a multiple of product diameter) at which a wire product can be safely bent without significantly affecting its ability to function.</div>
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			<div class="t">Bifilar</div>
			<div class="d">Made non-inductive by winding together (as one wire) two wires carrying current in opposite directions.</div>
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			<div class="t">Bimetallic Wire</div>
			<div class="d">A wire formed of two different metals joined together (not alloyed). It can include wire with a steel core clad wire, plated or coated wire.</div>
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			<div class="t">Binder</div>
			<div class="d">A spirally served tape or thread used for holding assembled cable components in place awaiting subsequent manufacturing operations.</div>
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			<div class="t">Binding Post</div>
			<div class="d">A device for clamping or holding electrical conductors in a rigid position.</div>
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			<div class="t">Bobbins</div>
			<div class="d">Metal spools used for taking up drawn wire and subsequently used for payout packages in cabling and stranding equipment.</div>
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			<div class="t">Bond Strength</div>
			<div class="d">Amount of adhesion between bonded surfaces, e.g. in cemented ribbon cable.</div>
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			<div class="t">Bondable Wire</div>
			<div class="d">An insulated wire treated to facilitate adherence to materials such as potting compounds. Also, magnet wires used in making coils when bonding the turns together is desired.</div>
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			<div class="t">Bonded Cable</div>
			<div class="d">Cable consisting of pre-insulated conductors or multiconductor components laid in parallel and bonded into a flat cable. See Adhesive-Bonded.</div>
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			<div class="t">Bonded Construction</div>
			<div class="d">An insulation construction in which the glass braid and nylon jacket are bonded together.</div>
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			<div class="t">Booster</div>
			<div class="d">A device inserted into a line (or cable) to increase the voltage.</div>
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			<div class="d">(1) Protective covering over a cable wire, or connector in addition to the normal jacketing or insulation. (2) A form placed around wire termination of a multiple-contact connector to contain the liquid potting compound before it hardens.</div>
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			<div class="t">Braid</div>
			<div class="d">A fibrous or metallic group of filaments interwoven in a cylindrical shape to form a covering over one or more wires.</div>
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			<div class="t">Braid Angle</div>
			<div class="d">The smaller of the two angles, formed by the shielding strand and, is the axis of the cable being shielded.</div>
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			<div class="t">Braid Carrier</div>
			<div class="d">A spool or bobbin on a braid which holds one group of strands or filaments consisting of a specific number of ends. The carrier revolves during braiding operations.</div>
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			<div class="t">Braid Ends</div>
			<div class="d">The number of strands used to make up one carrier. The strands are wound side by side on the carrier bobbin and lie parallel in the finished braid.</div>
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			<div class="d">Machine used to apply braids to wire and cable and to produce braided sleeving and braids for tying or lacing purposes. Braiding machines are identified by the number of carriers.</div>
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			<div class="d">Wires used in the manufacture of both home and truck trailers to supply current to the electrical brake system.</div>
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			<div class="t">Branch Circuit</div>
			<div class="d">The circuit conductors between the final overcurrent device protecting the circuit and the outlet(s).</div>
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			<div class="t">Breakdown (Puncture)</div>
			<div class="d">A disruptive discharge through the insulation.</div>
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			<div class="t">Breakdown Voltage</div>
			<div class="d">The voltage at which the insulation between two conductors breaks down.</div>
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			<div class="t">Bunched Stranding</div>
			<div class="d">A group of strands twisted together in a random manner and the same direction without regard to geometric arrangement of specific strands.</div>
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			<div class="t">Buncher</div>
			<div class="d">A machine that twists wires together in random arrangement.</div>
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			<div class="t">Bundle</div>
			<div class="d">A number of fiber optics grouped together, usually carrying a common signal.</div>
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			<div class="t">Buried Cable</div>
			<div class="d">A cable installed directly in the earth without use of underground conduit. Also called Direct Burial Cable.</div>
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			<div class="d">Wire used to connect two terminals inside of an electrical unit.</div>
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			<div class="t">Bushing</div>
			<div class="d">A mechanical device used as a lining for an opening to prevent abrasion to wire and cable.</div>
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			<div class="d">Joining of two conductors end-to-end, with no overlap and with the axes in line.</div>
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			<div class="t">Butt Splice</div>
			<div class="d">A splice wherein two wires from opposite ends butt against each other, or against a stop, in the center of a splice.</div>
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			<div class="d">Tape wrapped around an object or conductor edge-to-edge.</div>
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			<div class="t">Byte</div>
			<div class="d">Typically a group of eight binary digits.</div>
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			<div class="t">C</div>
			<div class="d">Centigrade or Celsius</div>
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			<div class="d">Same as SJ except extra-flexible conductor.</div>
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			<div class="d">Same as SJO except extra-flexible conductor.</div>
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			<div class="t">CATV</div>
			<div class="d">Community Antenna Television</div>
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			<div class="t">CBO</div>
			<div class="d">Rubber-insulated Brewery Cord.</div>
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			<div class="d">Closed-Circuit Television</div>
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			<div class="t">CEBEC</div>
			<div class="d">Belgium Approval Agency; Comite Electrotechnique Belge Service de la Marque.</div>
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			<div class="d">European Standards Agency; International Commission on Rules for the Approval of Electrical Equipment.</div>
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			<div class="d">European Standards Agency; European Committee for Electrotechnical Norms.</div>
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			<div class="d">Control and Instrumentation Cable, same as ACIC except not armoured</div>
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			<div class="t">CL Series</div>
			<div class="d">Coil Lead Wire – CL is followed by a number series indicating it's rated baking temperature</div>
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			<div class="t">CMA</div>
			<div class="d">Circular-Mil Area</div>
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			<div class="t">CSA</div>
			<div class="d">Canadian Standards Association, a non-profit independent organization which operates a listing service for electrical and electronic materials and equipment. The Canadian counterpart of the Underwriters Laboratories.</div>
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			<div class="t">CV</div>
			<div class="d">Continuous Vulcanization</div>
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			<div class="t">Cable</div>
			<div class="d">A stranded conductor with or without insulation and other coverings (single-conductor cable) or a combination of conductors (multiple-conductor cable). In fiber optics, a jacketed fiber or jacketed bundle in a form which can be terminated.</div>
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			<div class="t">Cable Assembly</div>
			<div class="d">Typically, the cable and associated connectors ready to install.</div>
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			<div class="d">A device used to give mechanical support to the wire bundle or cable at the rear of a plug or receptacle.</div>
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			<div class="t">Cable Clamp Adapter</div>
			<div class="d">A mechanical adapter that attaches to the rear of a plug or receptacle to allow the attachment of a cable clamp.</div>
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			<div class="t">Cable Core</div>
			<div class="d">The portion of an insulated cable lying under a protective covering.</div>
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			<div class="t">Cable Core Binder</div>
			<div class="d">A wrapping of tapes or cords around the conductors of a multiple conductor cable used to hold them together.</div>
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			<div class="t">Cable Filler</div>
			<div class="d">The material used in multiple conductor cables to occupy the interslices formed by the assembly of the insulated conductors, thus forming a cable core.</div>
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			<div class="t">Cable Sheath</div>
			<div class="d">The protective covering applied to cables.</div>
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			<div class="t">Cable Tray</div>
			<div class="d">A rigid structural system used to support cables and raceways. Types of cable trays include ladder, ventilated trough, ventilated channel and solid bottom.</div>
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			<div class="t">Cable Vulcanizer</div>
			<div class="d">Compression molding machine used to repair cable jacketing that has had a part removed for splicing, to add connectors and other devices or to replace damaged sections.</div>
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			<div class="t">Cabling</div>
			<div class="d">Twisting together two or more insulated conductors by machine to form a cable. In fiber optics, a method by which a group or bundle of fibers is mechanically assembled.</div>
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			<div class="t">Cabling Factor</div>
			<div class="d">Used in the formula for calculating the diameter of an unshielded, unjacketed cable. D=Kd, where D is the cable diameter, K is the factor and d is the diameter of one insulated conductor.</div>
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			<div class="t">Calibration</div>
			<div class="d">The process of setting a measurement instrument by use of standards.</div>
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			<div class="t">Capacitance</div>
			<div class="d">The ratio of the electrostatic charge on a conductor to the potential difference between the conductors required to maintain that charge.</div>
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			<div class="t">Capacitance, Direct</div>
			<div class="d">The capacitance measured from one conductor to another conductor through a single insulating layer.</div>
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			<div class="t">Capacitance, Mutual</div>
			<div class="d">The capacitance between two conductors (typically of a pair) with all other conductors, including shield and short circuited to ground.</div>
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			<div class="t">Carrier</div>
			<div class="d">The woven element of a braid consisting of one or more ends (strands) which creates the interlaced effect. Also, a spindle, spool, tube or bobbin (on a braiding machine) containing yarn or wire, employed as a braid.</div>
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			<div class="t">Certificate of Compliance (C of C)</div>
			<div class="d">A written statement, normally generated by a Quality Control Department, which states that the product being shipped meets customer's specifications.</div>
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			<div class="t">Certified Test Report (CTR)</div>
			<div class="d">A report reflecting actual test data on the cable shipped. Tests are normally conducted by the Quality Control Department and show that the product being shipped meets the required test specifications.</div>
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			<div class="t">Characteristic Impedance</div>
			<div class="d"> The impedance that when connected to the output terminals of a transmission line, of any length, makes the line appear indefinitely long.</div>
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			<div class="t">Chlorinated Polyethylene (CPE)</div>
			<div class="d">Rubbery polymer used for insulation and jacketing of wire and cable. Manufactured by Dow Chemical under the trade name Tyrin.</div>
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			<div class="t">Chlorosulfonated Polyethylene (CSPE)</div>
			<div class="d">A rubbery polymer used for insulations and jackets. Manufactured by E.l. DuPont under the trade name Hypalon.</div>
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			<div class="t">Cigarette Wrap</div>
			<div class="d">Tape insulation wrapped longitudinally instead of spirally over a conductor.</div>
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			<div class="t">Circuit</div>
			<div class="d">A complete path over which electrons can flow from the negative terminals of a voltage source through parts and wires to the positive terminals of the same voltage source.</div>
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			<div class="t">Circuit Breaker</div>
			<div class="d">A device that can be used to manually open or close a circuit and to automatically open a circuit at a predetermined level of overcurrent without damage to itself.</div>
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			<div class="t">Circuit Sizes</div>
			<div class="d">A popular term for building wire sizes 14 through 10 AWG.</div>
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			<div class="t">Circuit Voltage</div>
			<div class="d">The root-mean-square (effective) difference of potential between any two conductors of the circuit.</div>
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			<div class="t">Circular Mil</div>
			<div class="d">The area of a circle one mil (.001") in diameter; 7.854 x 10-7 sq. in. Used in expressing wire cross sectional areas.</div>
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			<div class="t">Cladding</div>
			<div class="d">Method of applying a layer of metal over another metal whereby the junction of the two metals is continuously welded. In fiber optics, a sheathing intimately in contact with the core of a higher refractive index material which serves to provide optical insulation and protection to the reflection interface.</div>
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			<div class="t">Closed End Splice</div>
			<div class="d">An insulated splice in which two or more wires overlap and enter the splice from the same end of the barrel.</div>
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			<div class="t">Coated Copper</div>
			<div class="d">A copper conductor which has been coated with a metallic substance. A tin coating is applied to protect copper from chemical attack by sulfur-based insulation compounds; nickel coating is sometimes used with conductors rated for extremely high temperatures.</div>
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			<div class="t">Coaxial Cable</div>
			<div class="d">A cable consisting of two cylindrical conductors with a common axis, separated by a dielectric.</div>
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			<div class="t">Coaxial Connector</div>
			<div class="d">A connector that has a coaxial construction and is used with coaxial cable.</div>
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			<div class="t">Coil Effect</div>
			<div class="d">The inductive effect exhibited by a spiral-wrapped shield, especially above audio frequencies.</div>
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			<div class="t">Cold Bend</div>
			<div class="d">Generally refers to a test to determine cable or wire characteristics at low temperatures.</div>
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			<div class="t">Cold Flow</div>
			<div class="d">Permanent deformation of the insulation due to mechanical force of pressure (not due to heat softening).</div>
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			<div class="t">Color Code</div>
			<div class="d">A color system for wire or circuit identification by use of solid colors, tracer braids, surface printing, etc.</div>
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			<div class="t">Combination Unilay</div>
			<div class="d">A stranding configuration that uses two strand sizes to achieve a 3% reduction in the conductor diameter without compression.</div>
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			<div class="t">Common Axis Cabling</div>
			<div class="d">In multiple cable constructions, a twisting of all conductors about a "common axis" to result in smaller diameter constructions. Tends to result in greater susceptance to electromagnetic and electrostatic interference.</div>
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			<div class="t">Compact Conductor</div>
			<div class="d">Stranded conductor rolled to deform the round wires to fill the normal interstices between the wires in a strand.</div>
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			<div class="t">Compact Stranding</div>
			<div class="d">A stranding configuration with concentric strands in which each layer is passed through a compacting die to reduce the conductor diameter by approximately 10%.</div>
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			<div class="d">A wire having a core of one metal with a fused outer shell of different metals.</div>
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			<div class="d">Two or more strands of different metals assembled and operated in parallel.</div>
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			<div class="t">Compound</div>
			<div class="d">An insulating or jacketing material made by mixing two or more ingredients.</div>
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			<div class="t">Compressed</div>
			<div class="d">A stranding configuration with concentric strands in which all layers or the outer layer only is passed through a die to reduce the conductor diameter by 3%.</div>
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			<div class="t">Compression Cable</div>
			<div class="d">A pipe-type cable in which the pressure medium is separated from the insulation by a membrane or sheath.&shy;&shy;&shy;&shy;which a wire has been inserted.</div>
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			<div class="t">Contact Size</div>
			<div class="d">The largest size wire which can be used with the specific contact. Also, the diameter of the engagement end of the pin.</div>
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			<div class="t">Continuity Check</div>
			<div class="d">A test to determine whether electrical current flows continuously throughout the length of a single wire or individual wires in a cable.</div>
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			<div class="t">Continuous Load</div>
			<div class="d">An electrical load in which the maximum current is expected to continue for three hours or more.</div>
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			<div class="t">Continuous Vulcanization</div>
			<div class="d">Simultaneous extrusion and vulcanization of rubber-like wire coating materials.</div>
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			<div class="t">Contrahelical</div>
			<div class="d">Cable spiraling in an opposite direction than the preceding layer within a wire or cable.</div>
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			<div class="t">Control Cable</div>
			<div class="d">A multiconductor cable made for operation in control of signal circuits.</div>
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			<div class="t">Controlled Impedance Cable</div>
			<div class="d">Package of two or more insulated conductors where impedance measurements between respective conductors are kept essentially constant throughout the entire length.</div>
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			<div class="t">Conventional Concentric</div>
			<div class="d">A stranding configuration in which individual wire are stranded concentrically with no reduction in overall diameter. Typically used for bare conductors.</div>
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			<div class="t">Copolymer</div>
			<div class="d">A compound resulting from the polymerization of two different monomers.</div>
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			<div class="t">Copper-Clad</div>
			<div class="d">Steel with a coating of copper welded to it before drawing as opposed to copper-plated. Synonymous with Copperweld.</div>
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			<div class="t">Copperweld</div>
			<div class="d">The trade name of Flexo Wire Division (Copperweld Steel Corp.) for their copper-clad steel conductors.</div>
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			<div class="t">Cord</div>
			<div class="d">A small, flexible insulated cable.</div>
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			<div class="t">Cord Set</div>
			<div class="d">Portable cords fitted with a wiring device at one or both ends.</div>
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			<div class="t">Core</div>
			<div class="d">In cables, a component or assembly of components over which other materials are applied, such as (additional components) shield, sheath or armor. In fiber optics, the transparent glass or plastic section with a highly refractive index through which the light travels by internal reflections.</div>
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			<div class="d">The center strand of a stranded conductor, around which the other strands are wrapped in spiral layers.</div>
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			<div class="t">Corona</div>
			<div class="d">A discharge due to ionization of air around a conductor due to a potential gradient exceeding a certain critical value.</div>
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			<div class="t">Corona Resistance</div>
			<div class="d">The time that the insulation will withstand a specified level of field intensified ionization that does not result in the immediate complete breakdown of the insulation.</div>
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			<div class="t">Corrosion</div>
			<div class="d">The destruction of the surface of a metal by chemical reaction.</div>
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			<div class="d">The calculated percentage which defines the completeness with which a metal braid covers the underlying surface. The higher percentage of coverage, the greater the protection against external interference.</div>
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			<div class="d">Textile braid or jacket of rubber, plastics or other materials applied over wire and cables to provide mechanical protection and identification.</div>
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			<div class="t">Crazing</div>
			<div class="d">The minute cracks on the surface of plastic materials.</div>
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			<div class="t">Creep</div>
			<div class="d">The dimensional change with time of a material under load.</div>
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			<div class="t">Creepage</div>
			<div class="d">The conduction of electricity across the surface of a dielectric.</div>
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			<div class="t">Creepage Path</div>
			<div class="d">The path across the surface of a dielectric between two conductors.</div>
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			<div class="d">An insulating surface which provides physical separation as a form of insulation between two electrical conductors of different potential.</div>
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			<div class="t">Crimp</div>
			<div class="d">Act of compressing a connector barrel around a cable in order to make an electrical connection.</div>
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			<div class="t">Crimp Termination</div>
			<div class="d">Connection in which a metal sleeve is secured to a conductor by mechanically crimping the sleeve with pliers, presses or automated crimping machines.</div>
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			<div class="t">Cross-Linked</div>
			<div class="d">Inter-molecular bonds between long-chain thermoplastic polymers due to chemical or electron bombardment. The properties of the resulting thermo-setting material are usually improved.</div>
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			<div class="d">A common thermoset insulation material for building wire and cable. Polyethylene made from petroleum and natural gas undergoes a cross-linking chemical reaction that causes compound molecules to bond, forming heavier molecules with the desired physical and chemical properties.</div>
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			<div class="t">Cross-Sectional Area (csa)</div>
			<div class="d">The area of a conductor exposed by cutting the conductor perpendicularly to its length, expressed in circular-mils, thousands of circular-mil, square inches, or square millimeters.</div>
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			<div class="t">Crosstalk</div>
			<div class="d">Undesired electrical currents in conductors caused by electromagnetic or electrostatic coupling from other conductors or from external sources. Also, leakage of optical power from one optical conductor to another.</div>
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			<div class="t">Cu</div>
			<div class="d">The chemical symbol for copper.</div>
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			<div class="d">To change the physical properties of a material by chemical reaction.</div>
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			<div class="t">Curing Cycle</div>
			<div class="d">The time, temperature and pressure required for curing.</div>
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			<div class="d">The degree to which a wire tends to form a circle after removal from a spool. An indication of the ability of the wire to be wrapped around posts in long runs.</div>
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			<div class="t">Current</div>
			<div class="d">The rate of transfer of electricity. Practical unit is the ampere which represents the transfer of one coulomb per second. In a simple circuit, current (I) produced by a cell or electromotive force (E) when there is an external resistance (R) and internal resistance (r) is: I=E/R%2Br</div>
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			<div class="t">Current-Carrying Capacity</div>
			<div class="d">The maximum current an insulated conductor can safely carry without exceeding its insulation and jacket temperature limitations.</div>
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			<div class="t">Cut-Through Resistance</div>
			<div class="d">The ability of a material to withstand mechanical pressure usually a sharp edge or small radius without separation.</div>
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			<div class="t">Cycle</div>
			<div class="d">The complete sequence, including reversal, of the flow of an alternating electric current.</div>
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			<div class="t">D.C.</div>
			<div class="d">Direct Current</div>
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			<div class="t">DBWP</div>
			<div class="d">Double Braided WeatherProof cable</div>
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			<div class="t">DEMKO</div>
			<div class="d">Approval agency of Denmark.</div>
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			<div class="t">DRT</div>
			<div class="d">Plastic range and dryer cord (CSA).</div>
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			<div class="t">Damp Location</div>
			<div class="d">An outdoor location that is partially protected from weather or an indoor location subject to a moderate degree of moisture, such as a basement.</div>
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			<div class="t">Decibel (db)</div>
			<div class="d">A unit to express differences of power level. Used to express power gain in amplifiers or power loss in passive circuits or cables.</div>
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			<div class="t">Dedicated Circuit</div>
			<div class="d">In a residence, a 120, 120/240, or 240 volt circuit that is installed to supply power to specific equipment indoors or outdoors, such as a large appliance or heating and air conditioning equipment.</div>
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			<div class="t">Degree Rise</div>
			<div class="d">The amount of increase in temperature caused by the introduction of electricity into a unit.</div>
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			<div class="t">Delay Line</div>
			<div class="d">A cable made to provide very low velocity of propagation with long electrical delay for transmitted signals.</div>
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			<div class="t">Depth of Crimp</div>
			<div class="d">Thickness of the crimped portion of a connector measured between two opposite points on the crimped surface.</div>
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			<div class="t">Derating Factor</div>
			<div class="d">A factor used to reduce the current-carrying capacity of a wire when used in environments other than that for which the value was established.</div>
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			<div class="t">Design Voltage</div>
			<div class="d">Voltage for which a cable is designed.</div>
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			<div class="t">Dessicant</div>
			<div class="d">Water or moisture absorbent material used to prevent moisture from damaging packaged equipment or other merchandise.</div>
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			<div class="t">Die</div>
			<div class="d">A device used in the drawing of a wire; the element through which the wire is drawn, to achieve a predetermined diameter. A mold used to form a plastic compound around a wire or cable.</div>
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			<div class="d">An insulating medium which intervenes between two conductors and permits electrostatic attraction and repulsion to take place across it.</div>
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			<div class="t">Dielectric Breakdown</div>
			<div class="d">The voltage required to cause an electrical failure or breakthrough of the insulation.</div>
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			<div class="t">Dielectric Constant (K)</div>
			<div class="d">The ratio of the capacitance of a condenser with dielectric between the electrodes to the capacitance when air is between the electrodes. Also called Permittivity and Specific Inductive Capacity.</div>
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			<div class="t">Dielectric Loss</div>
			<div class="d">Power dissipated in an insulating medium as the result of the friction caused by molecular motion when an AC electric field is applied.</div>
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			<div class="t">Dielectric Strength</div>
			<div class="d">The voltage which an insulation can withstand before breakdown occurs. Usually expressed as a voltage gradient (such as volts per mil).</div>
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			<div class="t">Dielectric Test</div>
			<div class="d">A test in which a voltage higher than the rated voltage is applied for a specified time to determine the adequacy of the insulation under normal conditions.</div>
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			<div class="t">Digital</div>
			<div class="d">Transmission data representative by discrete characters.</div>
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			<div class="t">Dip Coating</div>
			<div class="d">An insulating coating applied to the conductor by passing the conductor through an applicator containing liquid insulating medium.</div>
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			<div class="t">Direct Burial Cable</div>
			<div class="d">A cable installed directly in the earth.</div>
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			<div class="t">Direct Capacitance</div>
			<div class="d">The capacitance measured directly from conductor to conductor through a single insulating layer.</div>
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			<div class="t">Direct Current</div>
			<div class="d">An electric current which flows in only one direction.</div>
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			<div class="t">Direct Current Resistance (DCR)</div>
			<div class="d">The resistance offered by any circuit to the flow of direct current.</div>
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			<div class="t">Direction of Lay</div>
			<div class="d">The lateral direction in which the strands of a conductor run over the top of the cable conductor as they recede from an observer looking along the axis of the conductor or cable. Also applies to twisted cable.</div>
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			<div class="t">Discrete Wiring</div>
			<div class="d">Wire or wires having distinct identity and purpose.</div>
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			<div class="t">Disruptive Discharge</div>
			<div class="d">A sudden, large increase in current through an insulation medium due to the complete failure of the medium under the electrostatic stress.</div>
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			<div class="t">Disturbed Conductor</div>
			<div class="d">A conductor that receives energy generated by the field of another conductor or an external source, such as a transformer.</div>
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			<div class="d">A number of small gauge bare wires applied concentrically about the insulation shield of a high voltage cable for the purpose of a fault current return path.</div>
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			<div class="t">Draw Feed Stock</div>
			<div class="d">Rod or wire that is subsequently drawn to a smaller size.</div>
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			<div class="d">In wire manufacture, pulling the metal through a die or series of dies to reduce diameter to a specified size.</div>
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			<div class="d">A location not normally subject to dampness or wetness.</div>
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			<div class="d">Two individually-insulated conductors laid parallel or twisted and placed within an overall shield and sheath.</div>
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			<div class="t">Duct</div>
			<div class="d">An underground or overhead tube for carrying electrical conductors.</div>
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			<div class="d">Two-way data transmission on a four-wire transmission line.</div>
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			<div class="t">Duplex Cable</div>
			<div class="d">A cable composed of two insulated single-conductor cables twisted together.</div>
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			<div class="d">Typically used in the thermocouple industry to denote two parallel conductors of dissimilar metals insulated in parallel without twists and jackets. Commonly applied to thermocouple grades and extension wires.</div>
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			<div class="d">A measure of hardness.</div>
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			<div class="t">Duty Rating</div>
			<div class="d">A rating that describes the ability of an electric device to carry a current load for a given frequency of use.</div>
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			<div class="d">Symbol for voltage. Used to represent direct voltage or the effective (root-mean-square) value of an alternating voltage.</div>
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			<div class="d">Electrical Conductor (electrical grade aluminum - now known as Alloy 1350).</div>
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			<div class="d">Electronic Funds Transfer System</div>
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			<div class="d">Electronic Industries Association</div>
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			<div class="t">EMI</div>
			<div class="d">ElectroMagnetic Interference</div>
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			<div class="t">EPDM</div>
			<div class="d">Ethylene-Propylene-Diene Monomer rubber</div>
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			<div class="d">Ethylene-Propylene Rubber.</div>
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			<div class="d">Australian approval agency; Electricity Trust of South Australia.</div>
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			<div class="t">ETPC</div>
			<div class="d">Electrolytic Tough Pitch C&shy;opper. It has a minimum conductivity of 99.9%.</div>
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			<div class="d">A type of SER cable with two insulated conductors and one stranded bare conductor twisted together under a PVC jacket.</div>
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			<div class="t">Eccentricity</div>
			<div class="d">Like concentricity, a measure of the center of a conductor's location with respect to the circular cross-section of the insulation. Expressed as a percentage of displacement of one circle within the other.</div>
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			<div class="t">Eddy Current</div>
			<div class="d">Circulating currents induced in conducting materials by varying magnetic fields.</div>
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			<div class="t">Elastomer</div>
			<div class="d">A rubber or rubber-like material which will stretch repeatedly to 200 percent or more and return rapidly and with force to its approximate original shape.</div>
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			<div class="d">Electrolytes process of tinning wire using pure tin.</div>
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			<div class="d">A conductor through which a current enters or leaves a nonmetallic conductor.</div>
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			<div class="t">Electromagnetic</div>
			<div class="d">Magnetism caused by the flow of an electric current.</div>
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			<div class="d">Energy transfer by means of a varying magnetic field.</div>
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			<div class="t">Electromagnetic Field</div>
			<div class="d">A rapidly moving electric field and its associated moving magnetic field.</div>
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			<div class="t">Electromagnetic Induction</div>
			<div class="d">The production of a voltage in a coil due to a change in the number of magnetic lines of force (flux linkages) passing through the coil..</div>
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			<div class="t">Electromotive Force (e.m.f.)</div>
			<div class="d">Pressure or voltage. The force which causes current to flow in a circuit.</div>
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			<div class="t">Electronic Wire and Cable</div>
			<div class="d">A length of conductive or semiconductive material used in an electronic application.</div>
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			<div class="t">Electroplate</div>
			<div class="d">The term used to indicate the application of a metallic coating on a surface by means of an electrolytic action.</div>
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			<div class="t">Elongation</div>
			<div class="d">The fractional increase in the length of a material stressed in tension.</div>
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			<div class="t">Embossing</div>
			<div class="d">Marker identification by means of thermal indentation leaving raised lettering on the sheath material of cable.</div>
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			<div class="t">Emergency Overload</div>
			<div class="d">Load which occurs when larger-than-normal currents are carried through a cable or wire over a certain period of time.</div>
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			<div class="t">Enameled Wire</div>
			<div class="d">A conductor with a baked-on enamel film insulation. In addition to magnet wire, enameled insulation is used on thermocouple-type wires and other wires.</div>
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			<div class="t">Ends</div>
			<div class="d">In braiding, the number of essentially parallel wires or threads on a carrier.</div>
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			<div class="t">Energize</div>
			<div class="d">To apply rated voltage to a circuit or device in order to activate it.</div>
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			<div class="t">Equilay</div>
			<div class="d">More than one layer of helically-laid wires with the direction of lay reversed for successive layers, but with the length of lay the same for each layer.</div>
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			<div class="t">Etched Wire</div>
			<div class="d">A process applied to fluoroplastic wire in which the wire is passed through a sodium bath to create a rough surface to allow epoxy resin to bond the fluoroplastic.</div>
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			<div class="t">Ethylene Copolymers (Non-Halogen)</div>
			<div class="d">An insulation material that combines attributes of polyethylene and polypropylene to provide a high level of flame resistance and low smoke production.</div>
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			<div class="t">External Interference</div>
			<div class="d">The effects of electrical waves or fields which cause sounds other than the desired signal; static.</div>
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			<div class="t">External Wiring</div>
			<div class="d">Electronic wiring which interconnects subsystems within the system.</div>
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			<div class="t">Extruded Cable</div>
			<div class="d">Cable with conductors which are uniformly insulated and formed by applying a homogeneous insulated material in a continuous extrusion process.</div>
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			<div class="t">Extrusion</div>
			<div class="d">Method of continuously forcing plastic, rubber or elastomer material through an orifice to apply insulation or jacketing over a conductor or cable core.</div>
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			<div class="t">FAA</div>
			<div class="d">Federal Aeronautics Administration</div>
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			<div class="t">FAS</div>
			<div class="d">Fire Alarm and Signal cable</div>
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			<div class="t">FEP</div>
			<div class="d">Fluorinated Ethylene Propylene</div>
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			<div class="t">FF</div>
			<div class="d">Rubber insulated fixture wire 60&deg;C, 300V.</div>
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			<div class="t">FI</div>
			<div class="d">Approval agency of Finland; Electrical Inspectorate.</div>
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			<div class="t">FPM</div>
			<div class="d">Feet Per Minute</div>
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			<div class="t">FR-1</div>
			<div class="d">A flammability rating established by Underwriters Laboratories for wire and cable that pass a specially-designed vertical flame test.</div>
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			<div class="t">Factor of Assurance</div>
			<div class="d">The ratio of the voltage of wire for cable insulation is tested to that which is used.</div>
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			<div class="t">Farad</div>
			<div class="d">A unit of electrical capacity.</div>
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			<div class="t">Fatigue Resistance</div>
			<div class="d">Resistance to metal crystallization which causes conductors or wires to break from flexing.</div>
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			<div class="t">Fault Current</div>
			<div class="d">The current that flows as a result of a short-circuit condition.</div>
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			<div class="t">Feeder</div>
			<div class="d">The circuit conductors between service equipment and the final branch circuit overcurrent device.</div>
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			<div class="t">Feedthrough</div>
			<div class="d">(1) A conductor that connects patterns on opposite sides of a PCB. Also called Interfacial Connection. (2) A connector or terminal block, usually having double-ended terminals, which permit simple distribution and bussing of electrical circuits.</div>
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			<div class="t">Feedthrough Insulators</div>
			<div class="d">Insulators that carry a metal conductor through the chassis while preventing the 'hot' lead from shorting to the ground chassis.</div>
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			<div class="t">Ferrule</div>
			<div class="d">A short tube used to make solderless connections to shielded or coaxial cable.</div>
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			<div class="t">Fiber</div>
			<div class="d">A thread or thread-like structure. Also, a single discrete element used to transmit optical (light wave) information.</div>
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			<div class="t">Fiber Optics</div>
			<div class="d">A lightwave or optical communications system in which electrical information is converted to light energy transmitted to another location through optical fibers and there is converted back into electrical information.</div>
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			<div class="t">Fiber Tubing</div>
			<div class="d">A loose, crush-resistant cylinder applied over individual fibers to provide mechanical protection.</div>
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			<div class="t">Field</div>
			<div class="d">An area of influence around a magnet or electric charge.</div>
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			<div class="t">Field Coil</div>
			<div class="d">A suitable insulated winding mounted on a field pole to magnetize it.</div>
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			<div class="t">Figure 8 Cable</div>
			<div class="d">An aerial cable configuration where the conductors and the steel strand which support the cable are integrally jacketed. A cross-section of the finished cable approximates the figure "eight."</div>
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			<div class="t">Filament</div>
			<div class="d">Fiber characterized by extreme length.</div>
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			<div class="t">File Transfer Protocol (FTP)</div>
			<div class="d">A network protocol used to exchange and manipulate files over a TCP computer network, such as the Internet.</div>
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			<div class="t">Fill</div>
			<div class="d">In conduit or cable tray installations, the portion of the total cross-sectional area of the tray or conduit that can be occupied by conductors or cables.</div>
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			<div class="t">Filled Cable</div>
			<div class="d">A telephone cable construction in which the cable core is filled with a material that will prevent moisture from entering or passing through the cable.</div>
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			<div class="t">Filler</div>
			<div class="d">(1) A material used in multi-conductor cables to occupy large interstices formed by the assembled conductors. (2) An inert substance added to a compound to improve properties or decrease cost.</div>
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			<div class="t">Film</div>
			<div class="d">A thin, plastic sheet.</div>
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			<div class="t">Fine Stranded Wire</div>
			<div class="d">Stranded wire with component strands of 36 AWG or smaller.</div>
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			<div class="t">Fixture Wire</div>
			<div class="d">A conductor used in lighting fixtures or similar equipment and used to connect a lighting fixture to branch circuit conductors. Common types include Type TF (thermoplastic insulated, solid or 7 strand conductor) and Type TFN (thermoplastic-insulated, nylon jacket, solid or 7-strand conductor).</div>
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			<div class="t">Flame Resistance</div>
			<div class="d">The ability of a material not to propagate flame once the heat source is removed.</div>
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			<div class="t">Flame Retardant</div>
			<div class="d">A chemical added to insulation materials to make them less combustible, such as antimony trioxide (PVC) or alumina trihydrate or carbon black (XLPE). Also used to describe flame resistance.</div>
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			<div class="t">Flammability</div>
			<div class="d">The measure of the material's ability to support combustion.</div>
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			<div class="t">Flashover</div>
			<div class="d">A disruptive discharge around or over the surface of a solid or liquid insulator.</div>
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			<div class="t">Flat Braid</div>
			<div class="d">A woven braid of tinned copper strands rolled flat at time of manufacture to a specified width.</div>
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			<div class="t">Flat Cable</div>
			<div class="d">A cable with two smooth or corrugated, but essentially flat, surfaces.</div>
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			<div class="t">Flat Conductor</div>
			<div class="d">A wire having a rectangular cross-section as opposed to a round or square conductor.</div>
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			<div class="t">Flat Conductor Cable</div>
			<div class="d">A cable with a plurality of flat conductors.</div>
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			<div class="t">Flex Life</div>
			<div class="d">The measurement of the ability of a conductor or cable to withstand repeated bending.</div>
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			<div class="t">Flexibility</div>
			<div class="d">The ease with which a cable may be bent.</div>
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			<div class="t">Flexible</div>
			<div class="d">That quality of a cable or cable component which allows for bending under the influence of outside force, as opposed to limpness which is bending due to the cable's own weight.</div>
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			<div class="t">Flexible Fixture Wire</div>
			<div class="d">A type of fixture wire with a more flexible stranding configuration than regular fixture wire types. Common types include Type TFF (thermoplastic-insulated, stranded conductor) and Type TFFN (thermoplastic-insulated, nylon jacket, stranded conductor).</div>
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			<div class="t">Floating</div>
			<div class="d">Referring to a circuit which has no connection to ground.</div>
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			<div class="t">Flux</div>
			<div class="d">(1) The lines of force which make up an electrostatic field. (2) The rate of flow of energy across or through a surface. (3) A substance used to promote or facilitate fusion.</div>
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			<div class="t">Foamed Plastics</div>
			<div class="d">Insulation's having a cellular structure.</div>
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			<div class="t">Foil</div>
			<div class="d">A thin, continuous sheet of metal.</div>
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			<div class="t">Free Connector</div>
			<div class="d">A connector for attachment to the free end of a wire or cable.</div>
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			<div class="t">Frequency</div>
			<div class="d">In ac systems, the rate at which the current changes direction, expressed in hertz (cycles per second).</div>
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			<div class="t">Fungus Resistance</div>
			<div class="d">The ability of a conductor or cable assembly to resist physical or electrical degradation caused by fungus growth in wet or damp environments.</div>
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			<div class="t">Funnel Entry</div>
			<div class="d">Flared or widened entrance to a terminal or connector wire barrel.</div>
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			<div class="t">Fuse Wire</div>
			<div class="d">Wire made from an alloy that melts at a relatively low temperature.</div>
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			<div class="t">Fused Coating</div>
			<div class="d">A metallic coating which has been melted and solidified, forming a metallurgical bond to the base material.</div>
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			<div class="t">Fused Conductors</div>
			<div class="d">Individual strands of heavy tinned copper wire stranded together and then bonded together by induction heating.</div>
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			<div class="t">Fused Spiral Tape</div>
			<div class="d">A PTFE insulated hookup wire. The spiral-wrapped conductor is passed through a sintering oven where overlaps are fused together.</div>
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			<div class="t">GENTRAN for Windows</div>
			<div class="d">A versatile, high performance e-business solution for the Windows client/server environment.</div>
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			<div class="t">GIGA-Hertz</div>
			<div class="d">One billion hertz (109HZ) equal to 1 KMC (1000 megacycles).</div>
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			<div class="t">GTO</div>
			<div class="d">Gast tube sign and oil-burner ignition cable; 5,000V-15,000V.</div>
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			<div class="t">Galvanizing</div>
			<div class="d">A coating of some metal part (usually steel or iron) with zinc by dipping or electroplating.</div>
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			<div class="t">Galvanometer</div>
			<div class="d">An instrument for detecting or measuring small electrical current.</div>
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			<div class="t">Gas-Filled Cable</div>
			<div class="d">A self-contained pressure cable in which the pressure medium is an inert gas having access to the insulation.</div>
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			<div class="t">Gauge</div>
			<div class="d">A term used to denote the physical size of a wire.</div>
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			<div class="t">General Purpose Circuit</div>
			<div class="d">In a residence, a 120 Volt circuit installed to supply power to wall receptacles and lighting fixtures.</div>
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			<div class="t">Gimmick</div>
			<div class="d">A short length of wire soldered onto a circuit component and used as a small adjustable capacitor.</div>
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			<div class="t">Glass Braid</div>
			<div class="d">Used to provide thermal and/or mechanical protection to the underlying insulation of certain types of conductors.</div>
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			<div class="t">Ground</div>
			<div class="d">A conductive connection between an electrical circuit and the earth or other large conducting body to serve as an earth, thus making a complete electrical circuit.</div>
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			<div class="t">Ground Conductor</div>
			<div class="d">A conductor in a transmission cable or line that is grounded.</div>
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			<div class="t">Ground Insulation</div>
			<div class="d">The insulation used between a winding and the magnetic core or other structural parts, usually at ground potential.</div>
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			<div class="t">Ground Loop</div>
			<div class="d">The generation of undesirable current flow within a ground conductor, owing to the circulation currents which originate from a second source of voltage.</div>
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			<div class="t">Ground Plane</div>
			<div class="d">Expanded copper mesh which is laminated into some flat cable constructions as a shield.</div>
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			<div class="t">Ground Potential</div>
			<div class="d">Zero potential with respect to the ground or earth.</div>
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			<div class="t">HDP</div>
			<div class="d">High Density Polyethylene</div>
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			<div class="t">HMP</div>
			<div class="d">High Molecular weight Polyethylene</div>
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			<div class="t">HPN</div>
			<div class="d">Two-conductor, neoprene-insulated heater cord parallel construction. For use in damp locations.</div>
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			<div class="t">HS</div>
			<div class="d">600V-rated rubber-insulated heater cord.</div>
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			<div class="t">HSJ</div>
			<div class="d">Same as type HS but with #18, #16 and # 14 conductors and differing thickness of jacket.</div>
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			<div class="t">HV</div>
			<div class="d">High Voltage</div>
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			<div class="t">Hard-Drawn Copper Wire</div>
			<div class="d">Copper wire that has not been annealed after drawing.</div>
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			<div class="t">Harness</div>
			<div class="d">An arrangement of wires and cables, usually with many breakouts, which have been tied together or pulled into a rubber or plastic sheath, used to interconnect an electric circuit.</div>
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			<div class="t">Harnessing Devices</div>
			<div class="d">Tying faces lacing cords and flexible sleeving which are used for wire, cable bundling, harnessing and holding. Other devices include plastic ties or clamps, spiral-cut plastic tubing and plastic U-shaped trays or ducts.</div>
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			<div class="t">Hash Mark Stripe</div>
			<div class="d">A non-continuous helical stripe applied to a conductor for identification.</div>
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			<div class="t">Hazardous Location</div>
			<div class="d">A location where fire or explosion hazards may exist because of flammable gases, vapors, or liquids; combustible dust; or ignitable fibers or flyings.</div>
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			<div class="t">Heat Distortion</div>
			<div class="d">Distortion of flow of a material or configuration due to the application of heat.</div>
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			<div class="t">Heat Resistance</div>
			<div class="d">The ability of an insulation compound to resist degradation caused by high temperatures.</div>
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			<div class="t">Heat Seal</div>
			<div class="d">Method of sealing a tape-wrap jacket by means of thermal fusion.</div>
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			<div class="t">Heater Cord</div>
			<div class="d">Flexible stranded copper conductor, cotton-wrapped with rubber insulation and asbestos roving.</div>
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			<div class="t">Helical Stripe</div>
			<div class="d">A continuous, colored, spiral stripe applied to a conductor for circuit identification.</div>
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			<div class="t">Helix</div>
			<div class="d">Spiral winding.</div>
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			<div class="d">The unit of inductance.</div>
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			<div class="t">Hertz (Hz)</div>
			<div class="d">A term replacing cycles-per-second as an indication of frequency.</div>
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			<div class="t">Heterogeneous Insulation</div>
			<div class="d">A cable insulating system composed of two or more layers of different insulating materials.</div>
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			<div class="t">Hi-Pot</div>
			<div class="d">A test designed to determine the highest voltage that can be applied to a conductor without breaking through the insulation.</div>
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			<div class="t">High Voltage</div>
			<div class="d">Generally, a wire or cable with an operating voltage of over 600 volts.</div>
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			<div class="t">High-Temperature Wire and Cable</div>
			<div class="d">Electrical wire and cables having thermal operating characteristics of 150&deg;C and higher.</div>
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			<div class="t">Holding Strength</div>
			<div class="d">Ability of a connector to remain assembled to a cable when under tension.</div>
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			<div class="t">Homogeneous Insulation</div>
			<div class="d">A complete cable insulation structure whose components cannot be identified as layers of different materials.</div>
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			<div class="d">A wire used for low-current, low-voltage (under 1000 volts) applications within enclosed electronic equipment.</div>
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			<div class="t">Hot Conductor</div>
			<div class="d">The underground phase conductors of an electrical system connected to the circuit breaker or fuse.</div>
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			<div class="t">Hot Stamping</div>
			<div class="d">Method of alpha numerical coding. Identification markings are made by pressing heated type and marking foil into softened insulation surfaces.</div>
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			<div class="t">Hot Tin Dip</div>
			<div class="d">A process of passing bare wire through a bath of molten tin to provide a coating.</div>
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			<div class="t">Hybrid Cable</div>
			<div class="d">Multi-conductor cable containing two or more types of components.</div>
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			<div class="t">Hygroscopic</div>
			<div class="d">Capable of absorbing moisture from the air.</div>
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			<div class="t">Hypalon</div>
			<div class="d">DuPont's trade name for their chlorosulfonated polyethylene, an ozone-resistant synthetic rubber.</div>
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			<div class="t">IACS</div>
			<div class="d">International Annealed Copper Standard</div>
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			<div class="t">ICEA</div>
			<div class="d">Insulated Cable Engineers Association</div>
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			<div class="t">ID</div>
			<div class="d">Internal Diameter</div>
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			<div class="t">IEC</div>
			<div class="d">European Standardization agency; International Electrotechnical Commission.</div>
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			<div class="t">IEEE</div>
			<div class="d">Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers</div>
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			<div class="t">ISA</div>
			<div class="d">Instrument Society of America</div>
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			<div class="t">ITC</div>
			<div class="d">Instrumentation Tray Cable, instrumentation cable that meets tray cable requirements of U.L. Standard # 2250 and used in accordance with N.E.C. Article #727 (see PLTC also)</div>
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			<div class="t">Ignition Cable</div>
			<div class="d">Cable designed for Automotive Ignition Systems.</div>
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			<div class="t">Impedance</div>
			<div class="d">The total opposition that a circuit offers to the flow of alternating current or any other varying current at a particular frequency. It is a combination of resistance (R) and reactance (X), measured in ohms.</div>
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			<div class="t">Impedance Matching</div>
			<div class="d">Connecting cables and devices together which have the same impedance value in ohms.</div>
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			<div class="t">Impulse</div>
			<div class="d">A surge of unidirectional polarity.</div>
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			<div class="t">Impulse Strength</div>
			<div class="d">The voltage breakdown of insulation under voltage surges on the order of microseconds in duration.</div>
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			<div class="t">Impulse Test</div>
			<div class="d">An insulation test in which the voltage applied is an impulse voltage of a specified wave shape.</div>
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			<div class="t">Individual Strand Diameter</div>
			<div class="d">The diameter of an individual strand of a stranded wire.</div>
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			<div class="t">Inductance</div>
			<div class="d">The property of a circuit or circuit element that opposes a change in current flow, thus causing current changes to lag behind voltage changes. It is measured in henrys.</div>
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			<div class="t">Inductive Coupling</div>
			<div class="d">Crosstalk resulting from the action of the electromagnetic field of one conductor on the other.</div>
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			<div class="t">Insertion Tool</div>
			<div class="d">A small, hand-held tool used to insert contacts into a connector.</div>
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			<div class="t">Insulated Conductor</div>
			<div class="d">A conductor to which an insulating material has been applied to withstand a predetermined voltage gradient.</div>
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			<div class="t">Insulated Wire</div>
			<div class="d">A conductor of electricity covered with a non-conducting material.</div>
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			<div class="t">Insulating Joint</div>
			<div class="d">A device which mechanically couples and electrically insulates the sheath and armor of contiguous lengths of cable.</div>
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			<div class="t">Insulation</div>
			<div class="d">A material having high resistance to the flow of electric current. Often called a dielectric in radio frequency cable.</div>
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			<div class="t">Insulation Adhesion</div>
			<div class="d">The degree of tightness of the insulation over the base conductor (measured in terms of force required to remove a specified length of insulation from the wire).</div>
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			<div class="t">Insulation Crimp</div>
			<div class="d">The area of a terminal, splice or contact that has been formed around the insulation of the wire.</div>
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			<div class="t">Insulation Grip</div>
			<div class="d">Extended cylinders at the rear of crimp-type contacts designed to accept the bared wire and a small length of its insulation.</div>
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			<div class="t">Insulation Piercing</div>
			<div class="d">A method of crimping whereby lances cut the insulation of the wires and enter into the strands to make electrical contact.</div>
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			<div class="t">Insulation Resistance</div>
			<div class="d">The ratio of the applied voltage to the total current between two electrodes in contact with a specific insulation, usually expressed in megohms-M feet.</div>
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			<div class="t">Insulation Shield</div>
			<div class="d">A layer of semi-conducting material or tape applied directly over the insulation of high voltage cables, usually on cables rated at over 5000 volts. In addition to this layer, some cable constructions include a layer of non-magnetic metal overlapping tape or a number of helically applied small wires.</div>
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			<div class="t">Insulation System</div>
			<div class="d">All of the insulation materials used to insulate a particular electrical or electronic product.</div>
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			<div class="d">A non-conducting substance such as porcelain, plastic, glass, rubber, etc.</div>
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			<div class="t">Integral Belt</div>
			<div class="d">A layer of insulation or semi-conductive material applied by extrusion over two or more insulated, twisted or parallel conductors to form a round, smooth diameter.</div>
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			<div class="t">Interconnecting Cable</div>
			<div class="d">The wiring between modules, between units or the larger portions of a system.</div>
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			<div class="t">Interconnecting Wire</div>
			<div class="d">The physical wiring between components (outside a module), between modules, between units or between larger portions of a system(s).</div>
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			<div class="t">Interconnection</div>
			<div class="d">Mechanically joining devices together to complete an electrical circuit.</div>
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			<div class="t">Interface</div>
			<div class="d">The two surfaces on the contact side of both halves of a multiple-contact connector which face each other when the connector is assembled.</div>
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			<div class="t">Internal Diameter</div>
			<div class="d">The diameter of some internal part or composite of an object which in this case would pertain to wire, cable, etc.</div>
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			<div class="t">Internal Wiring</div>
			<div class="d">Electronic wiring which interconnects components, usually within a sealed subsystem.</div>
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			<div class="t">Interstices</div>
			<div class="d">Voids or valleys between individual strands in a conductor or between insulated conductors in a multi-conductor cable.</div>
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			<div class="t">Ionization</div>
			<div class="d">The act of splitting into or producing ions.</div>
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			<div class="t">Ionization Voltage (Corona Level)</div>
			<div class="d">The minimum value of falling rms voltage which sustains electrical discharge within the vacuous or gas filled spaces in the cable construction or insulation.</div>
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			<div class="t">Irradiation</div>
			<div class="d">In insulation, the exposure of the material to high-energy emissions for the purpose of favorably altering the molecular structure.</div>
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			<div class="t">JAN Specification</div>
			<div class="d">Joint Army-Navy Specification (replaced by current Military Specifications).</div>
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			<div class="t">Jack</div>
			<div class="d">A plug-in type terminal widely used in electronic apparatus for temporary connections.</div>
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			<div class="t">Jacket</div>
			<div class="d">A rubber or synthetic covering applied over primary insulation, braids, shields, cable components or over the cable itself. In fiber optics, a covering, frequently plastic, over a bundle of fibers, or cable which protects against the environment.</div>
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			<div class="t">Jumper</div>
			<div class="d">A short length of conductor used to make a temporary connection between terminals, around a break in a circuit or around an instrument.</div>
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			<div class="t">Junction</div>
			<div class="d">A point in a circuit where two or more wires are connected.</div>
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			<div class="t">Junction Box</div>
			<div class="d">A box used in an electrical circuit to enclose and permit access to electrical connections.</div>
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			<div class="t">KCMIL</div>
			<div class="d">One thousand circular mils.</div>
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			<div class="t">KEMA KEUR</div>
			<div class="d">Approval agency of the Netherlands.</div>
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			<div class="t">KV</div>
			<div class="d">KiloVolt (1000 volts)</div>
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			<div class="t">KVA</div>
			<div class="d">KiloVolt Ampere</div>
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			<div class="t">KW</div>
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			<div class="t">Kevlar</div>
			<div class="d">A strong, heat-resistance material used as a binding thread in SEU cable to hold the assembly together.</div>
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			<div class="t">Kilo</div>
			<div class="d">A numerical prefix denoting 1000 (103).</div>
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			<div class="t">Kleinschmidt</div>
			<div class="d">A premier Electronic Data Interchange Value Added Network (EDI VAN) offering a full range of services including in-network translation, real-time processing, online visibility, VAN migration, and trading partner rollout.</div>
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			<div class="t">Kynar</div>
			<div class="d">Pennwalt trade name for polyvinylidene fluoride. Typically used as insulation for wire wrap wire.</div>
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			<div class="t">LVT</div>
			<div class="d">Low Voltage Thermoplastic wire, 30 volts or less</div>
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			<div class="t">Lacing and Harnessing</div>
			<div class="d">A method of grouping wires by securing them in bundles of designated patterns.</div>
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			<div class="t">Lacquer</div>
			<div class="d">A liquid resin or compound applied to textile braid to prevent fraying, moisture absorption, etc.</div>
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			<div class="t">Lacquer Finish</div>
			<div class="d">A finish applied over braided wire on cable for appearance, for moisture proofing, to reduce friction and resist abrasion.</div>
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			<div class="t">Laminated Tape</div>
			<div class="d">A tape consisting of two or more layers of different materials bonded together.</div>
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			<div class="t">Laminates</div>
			<div class="d">A build up of layers of material to increase thickness.</div>
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			<div class="t">Lay</div>
			<div class="d">The length measured along the axis of a wire or cable required for a single strand (in stranded wire) or conductor (in cable) to make one complete turn about the axis of the conductor or cable.</div>
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			<div class="t">Lay Direction</div>
			<div class="d">The direction in which the wires of a conductor are twisted, or the twist of conductors in a cable.</div>
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			<div class="t">Lay Length</div>
			<div class="d">The distance required to complete one revolution or over the surface of insulation.</div>
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			<div class="t">Layer</div>
			<div class="d">Consecutive turns of a coil lying in a single plane.</div>
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			<div class="t">Leaching and Non-Leaching</div>
			<div class="d">In a leaching wire, the plasticizer will migrate when exposed to heat. A non-leaching wire will retain its plasticizer under extreme temperature conditions and remain flexible after baking.</div>
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			<div class="t">Lead</div>
			<div class="d">A wire, with or without terminals, that connects two points in a circuit.</div>
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			<div class="t">Lead Dress</div>
			<div class="d">The placement or routing of wire and component leads in an electrical circuit.</div>
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			<div class="t">Lead-Cured</div>
			<div class="d">A cable that is cured or vulcanized in a metallic lead mold.</div>
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			<div class="t">Lead-In</div>
			<div class="d">The conductor(s) that connect the antenna properly to electronic equipment.</div>
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			<div class="t">Leakage Current</div>
			<div class="d">The undesirable flow of current through or over the surface of an insulation.</div>
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			<div class="t">Life Cycle</div>
			<div class="d">A test to determine the length of time before failure in a controlled, usually accelerated, environment.</div>
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			<div class="t">Limited Smoke</div>
			<div class="d">A conductor rating that indicates the product has passed tests for low smoke production, short flame travel and duration.</div>
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			<div class="t">Limits of Error</div>
			<div class="d">The maximum deviation (in degrees of percent) of a thermocouple or thermocouple extension wire from standard emf-temperature to be measured.</div>
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			<div class="t">Limpness</div>
			<div class="d">The ability of a cable to lay flat or conform to a surface.</div>
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			<div class="t">Line Balance</div>
			<div class="d">The degree to which the conductors of a cable are alike in their electrical characteristics with respect to each other, to other conductors and to ground.</div>
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			<div class="t">Line Drop</div>
			<div class="d">A voltage loss occurring between any two points in a transmission line due to the resonance reactance or leakage of the line.</div>
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			<div class="t">Line Loss</div>
			<div class="d">The total of the various energy losses occurring in a transmission line.</div>
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			<div class="t">Line Voltage</div>
			<div class="d">Voltage existing in a cable or circuit.</div>
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			<div class="t">Listed</div>
			<div class="d">Conductors or other equipment included in a list published by a national recognized testing laboratory.</div>
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			<div class="t">Load</div>
			<div class="d">The amount of electrical power required by connected electrical equipment.</div>
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			<div class="t">Local Area Network (LAN)</div>
			<div class="d">A baseband or broadband, interactive, bi-directional, communication system for information exchange on a common transmission line.</div>
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			<div class="t">Longitudinal Shield</div>
			<div class="d">A tape shield, flat or corrugated, applied longitudinally with the axis of the core being shielded.</div>
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			<div class="t">Longitudinal Wrap</div>
			<div class="d">Tape applied longitudinally with the axis of the core being covered.</div>
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			<div class="t">Loop Resistance</div>
			<div class="d">The total resistance of two conductors measured round trip from one end. Commonly used term in the thermocouple industry.</div>
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			<div class="t">Looping-in</div>
			<div class="d">Wiring method which avoids tee joints by carrying the conductor or cable to and from the point to be supplied.</div>
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			<div class="t">Loss</div>
			<div class="d">Energy dissipated without accomplishing useful work.</div>
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			<div class="t">Loss Factor</div>
			<div class="d">The product of the dissipation and dielectric constant of an insulating material.</div>
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			<div class="t">Lossy Line</div>
			<div class="d">A cable having large attenuation per unit of length.</div>
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			<div class="t">Low Energy Lighting Cable</div>
			<div class="d">A two or three conductor cable for outdoor, decorative, recreational or safety lighting applications rated for 150 volts or less.</div>
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			<div class="t">Low Tension</div>
			<div class="d">Low voltage, as applied to ignition cable.</div>
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			<div class="t">Low-Loss Dielectric</div>
			<div class="d">An insulating material that has a relatively low dielectric loss, such as polyethylene or Teflon.</div>
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			<div class="t">Low-Noise Cable</div>
			<div class="d">Cable configuration specially constructed to eliminate spurious electrical disturbances caused by capacitance changes or self-generated noise induced by either physical abuse or adjacent circuitry.</div>
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			<div class="t">Lubricant</div>
			<div class="d">A chemical (typically stearic acid) added to PVC or XLPE insulation materials to facilitate the process of applying the insulation to the conductor.</div>
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			<div class="t">Lug</div>
			<div class="d">Termination, usually crimped or soldered to the conductor, with provision for screwing on to the terminal.</div>
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			<div class="t">MATV</div>
			<div class="d">Master Antenna Television System—a combination of components providing multiple television receiver operations from one antenna or group of antennas normally on a single building.</div>
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			<div class="t">MC</div>
			<div class="d">Metal Clad cable, 2,000 volts max, #18 to 2,000 MCM, interlocked armor or smooth or corrugated metal tube, meets U.L. Standard #1569 and used in accordance with N.E.C. Article # 330</div>
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			<div class="t">MCM</div>
			<div class="d">One thousand circular mils.</div>
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			<div class="t">MHD</div>
			<div class="d">Medium Hard-Drawn</div>
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			<div class="t">MHO</div>
			<div class="d">The unit of conductivity, the reciprocal of an ohm.</div>
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			<div class="t">MHz</div>
			<div class="d">MegaHertz</div>
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			<div class="t">MI</div>
			<div class="d">Mineral Insulated (metal sheath) 85&deg;C dry and wet location, 250&deg;C special application.</div>
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			<div class="t">MTW</div>
			<div class="d">Thermoplastic insulated Machine Tool Wire.</div>
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			<div class="t">Magnet Wire</div>
			<div class="d">Insulated wire intended for use in windings on motor, transformer and other coils for electromagnetic devices.</div>
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			<div class="t">Magnetic Field</div>
			<div class="d">The region within which a body or current experiences magnetic force.</div>
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			<div class="t">Magnetic Flux</div>
			<div class="d">The rate of flow of magnetic energy across or through a surface (real or imaginary).</div>
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			<div class="t">Magnetic Noise</div>
			<div class="d">Caused by change in current level, e.g. A.C. powerline creates magnetic field around the cable; this magnetic field causes the magnetic noise.</div>
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			<div class="t">Main Disconnect Switch</div>
			<div class="d">Part of the service equipment for a building that shuts off the flow of power to the building.</div>
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			<div class="t">Marker Tape</div>
			<div class="d">A tape laid parallel to the conductors under the sheath in a cable, imprinted with the manufacturer's name and the specification to which the cable is made.</div>
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			<div class="t">Marker Thread</div>
			<div class="d">A colored thread laid parallel and adjacent to the strand in an insulated conductor which identifies the manufacturer and sometimes the specification to which the wire is made.</div>
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			<div class="t">Meg or Mega</div>
			<div class="d">A numerical prefix denoting 1,000,000 (106).</div>
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			<div class="t">Megarad</div>
			<div class="d">A unit for measuring radiation dosage.</div>
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			<div class="t">Megohmmeter</div>
			<div class="d">A testing device that applies a dc voltage to a conductor and measures the resistance (in millions of ohms) offered by the conductor's insulation.</div>
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			<div class="t">Messenger</div>
			<div class="d">Supporting member, usually a high strength steel wire, used to suspend aerial cable. The messenger may be an integral part of the cable, or exterior to it (lashed messenger).</div>
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			<div class="t">Metal-Clad Cable (MC)</div>
			<div class="d">A multiconductor cable, similar to Type AC, in which the conductors are twisted together under aluminum or steel armor, with or without an overall PVC covering. The armor may be made with an interlocking spiral strip or from a single smooth or corrugated piece of metal.</div>
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			<div class="t">Mft</div>
			<div class="d">1000 ft.</div>
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			<div class="t">Micro</div>
			<div class="d">A numerical prefix denoting one-millionth (10-6).</div>
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			<div class="t">Microfarad</div>
			<div class="d">One-millionth of a farad, commonly abbreviated &micro;F.</div>
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			<div class="t">Micrometer</div>
			<div class="d">An instrument used for measuring diameter usually in thousandths of an inch.</div>
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			<div class="t">Micromicrofarad</div>
			<div class="d">One-millionth of a microfarad (commonly abbreviated uuf, uufd, mmf, mmfd, &micro;&micro;F).</div>
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			<div class="t">Microwave</div>
			<div class="d">A short (usually less than 30 cm.) electrical wave.</div>
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			<div class="t">Mil</div>
			<div class="d">A unit used in measuring diameter of a wire or thickness of insulation over a conductor. One-one thousandth of an inch (.001").</div>
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			<div class="t">Milivolt</div>
			<div class="d">One one-thousandth of a volt.</div>
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			<div class="t">Mineral Insulated</div>
			<div class="d">Cable and thermocouple wire consisting of one or more conductors surrounded by magnesium oxide insulation and enclosed in a liquid- and gas-tight metallic sheathing.</div>
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			<div class="t">Miniature Wire</div>
			<div class="d">Insulated conductors of approximately 20-34 AWG.</div>
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			<div class="t">Mining Cable</div>
			<div class="d">A flame-retardant cable specially constructed to withstand severe physical abuse for underground use in mines or tunnels.</div>
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			<div class="t">Mis-Match</div>
			<div class="d">A termination having a different impedance than that for which a circuit or cable is designed.</div>
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			<div class="t">Mode</div>
			<div class="d">One of the components of a general configuration of a propagating wave font.</div>
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			<div class="t">Modem</div>
			<div class="d">Device which places and receives data signals over a common carrier's communication facility.</div>
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			<div class="t">Modulus of Elasticity</div>
			<div class="d">The ratio of stress to strain in an elastic material.</div>
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			<div class="t">Moisture Absorption</div>
			<div class="d">The amount of moisture, in percentage, that a material will absorb under specified conditions.</div>
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			<div class="t">Moisture Resistance</div>
			<div class="d">The ability of a material to resist absorbing moisture from the air or when immersed in water.</div>
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			<div class="t">Molded Plug</div>
			<div class="d">A connector molded on either end of a cord or cable.</div>
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			<div class="t">Monomer</div>
			<div class="d">The basic chemical unit used in building a polymer.</div>
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			<div class="t">Motor Lead Wire</div>
			<div class="d">Wire which connects to the fragile magnet wire found in coils, transformers and stator or field windings.</div>
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			<div class="t">Multi-conductor</div>
			<div class="d">More than one conductor within a single cable complex.</div>
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			<div class="t">Multiple-Conductor Cable</div>
			<div class="d">A combination of two or more conductors cabled together and insulated from one another and from sheath or armor where used.</div>
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			<div class="t">Multiple-Conductor Concentric Cable</div>
			<div class="d">An insulated central conductor with one or more tubular stranded conductors laid over it concentrically and insulated from one another.</div>
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			<div class="t">Multiplexing</div>
			<div class="d">Simultaneous transmission of two or more messages over the same cable pair.</div>
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			<div class="t">Mutual Capacitance</div>
			<div class="d">Capacitance between two conductors when all other conductors, including ground, are connected together and then regarded as an ignored ground.</div>
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			<div class="t">Mylar®</div>
			<div class="d">DuPont trademark for polyester film.</div>
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			<div class="t">N-Conductor Cable</div>
			<div class="d">A cable having N-conductors that are insulated from one another. "N" represents the number of insulated conductors in the cable.</div>
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			<div class="t">N-Conductor Concentric Cable</div>
			<div class="d">A cable composed of an insulated central conductor with tubular stranded conductors concentrically twisted around it and separated from each other by layers of insulation.</div>
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			<div class="t">NEC Type CL2</div>
			<div class="d">A Class 2 power-limited type cable for general use applications within a building under NEC Article 725, this type design is "Listed" by UL. These cables meet a 70,000 BTU flame test.</div>
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			<div class="t">NEC Type CL2P</div>
			<div class="d">A Class 2 power-limited cable which is suitable for use in plenums in accordance with NEC Article 725. The cable meets the requirements of UL 910 the Steiner Tunnel test which classifies fire and smoke characteristics. The cable is "Listed" by UL.</div>
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			<div class="t">NEC Type CL2R</div>
			<div class="d">A Class 2 power-limited cable which is suitable for use in riser shafts in accordance with NEC Article 725. These cables meet the UL 1666 flame test and are "Listed" by UL.</div>
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			<div class="t">NEC Type CL2X</div>
			<div class="d">A Class 2 power-limited cable which is suitable for restricted applications (sic...Iess than 0.25" in diameter in residences, exposed lengths less than 10 ft.) or else in raceways under NEC Article 725. These cables meet a VW-1 flame test and are "Listed" by UL.</div>
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			<div class="t">NEC Type CM</div>
			<div class="d">A general application communications cable, "Listed" by UL, for use within buildings under NEC Article 800. It meets the requirements of the 70,000 BTU flame test.</div>
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			<div class="t">NEC Type FPL</div>
			<div class="d">A general application fire protection cable for use within buildings in accordance with NEC Article 760. These cables are "Listed" by UL and meet the 70,000 BTU flame test.</div>
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			<div class="t">NEC Type MPa</div>
			<div class="d">A general use, multipurpose cable which may be employed interchangeably in either a communications (Article 800), power-limited (Article 725) or fire protective (Article 760) application.</div>
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			<div class="t">NEMA</div>
			<div class="d">National Electrical Manufacturers Association.</div>
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			<div class="t">NEMKO</div>
			<div class="d">Approval agency of Norway.</div>
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			<div class="t">NFPA</div>
			<div class="d">National Fire Protection Association, Administrative Sponsor of the National Electrical Code&reg; (ANSI Standards Committee Cl).</div>
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			<div class="t">NM</div>
			<div class="d">NonMetallic sheathed cable, building wire. (See also Nonmetallic-Sheathed Cable).</div>
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			<div class="t">NMC</div>
			<div class="d">NonMetallic sheathed cable, Corrosion resistant, used in wet or dry location up to 60&deg;C.</div>
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			<div class="d">Non Metallic, Dry rated 90&deg; C, 300 volt rated</div>
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			<div class="d">Non Metallic, Wet rated 60&deg; C, for direct burial (U), 300 volt rated</div>
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			<div class="t">NSF-2</div>
			<div class="d">Same as NS-1 except phase conductors are individually PVC jacketed for better flame retardence (F) and cable is 600 volt rated (2)</div>
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			<div class="t">National Electrical Code® (NEC)</div>
			<div class="d">A set of regulations governing construction and installation of electrical wiring and apparatus in the United States, established by the American National Board of Fire Underwriters.</div>
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			<div class="t">National Electrical Code® Article 725</div>
			<div class="d">The NEC Article which covers remote control signal and communication power limited circuits that are not an integral part of the device or appliance.</div>
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			<div class="t">National Electrical Code® Article 760</div>
			<div class="d">The NEC Article which covers the fire and burglar alarms installation of wire and equipment operating at 600 Volts or less.</div>
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			<div class="t">National Electrical Code® Article 800</div>
			<div class="d">The NEC Article which covers telephone, telegraph as well as outside wiring for fire and burglar alarms.</div>
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			<div class="t">Neoprene</div>
			<div class="d">A synthetic rubber with good resistance to oil, chemicals and flame. Also called polychloroprene.</div>
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			<div class="t">Neutral Conductor</div>
			<div class="d">In multi-phase circuits, the conductor used to carry unbalanced current. In single-phase systems, the conductor used for a return current path.</div>
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			<div class="t">Nominal (NOM)</div>
			<div class="d">The preferred size or weight that is specified or indicated for a certain cable element.</div>
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			<div class="t">Non-Contaminating</div>
			<div class="d">Type of PVC jacket material whose plasticizer will not migrate into the dielectric of a coaxial cable and thus avoids contaminating and destroying the dielectric.</div>
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			<div class="t">Non-Metallic Sheathed  Cable</div>
			<div class="d">A cable consisting of insulated conductors jacketed with a nonmetallic material (usually PVC). Includes Types NM-B, NMC-B (corrosion resistant version) and NMS-B (containing signal conductors for home automation).</div>
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			<div class="t">Nylon</div>
			<div class="d">Thermoplastic with good chemical and abrasion resistance.</div>
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			<div class="t">OAW</div>
			<div class="d">OverAll Width</div>
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			<div class="t">OD</div>
			<div class="d">Overall Diameter of a cable, including conductor(s), insulation(s), jacket (if used) and concentric neutral (if used).</div>
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			<div class="t">OSHA</div>
			<div class="d">Occupational Safety and Health Act. Specifically the Williams-Steiger law passed in 1970 covering all factors relating to safety in places of employment.</div>
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			<div class="t">OVE</div>
			<div class="d">Approval agency of West Germany; Oesterreichischer Verband fur Elektrotechnik.</div>
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			<div class="t">Off Center</div>
			<div class="d">Conductor displaced within the cross-section of its insulation.</div>
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			<div class="t">Offgassing</div>
			<div class="d">Percentage of a specified gas released during the combustion of insulation or jacketing material.</div>
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			<div class="t">Ohm</div>
			<div class="d">A unit of electrical resistance defined as the resistance of a circuit with a voltage of one volt and a current flow of one ampere.</div>
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			<div class="t">Ohm Law's</div>
			<div class="d">The formula V=I x R (voltage equals current multiplied by resistance), used for calculating voltage drop, fault current and other characteristics of an electrical circuit.</div>
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			<div class="t">Oil Aging</div>
			<div class="d">Cable aged in an accelerated manner by placement in an oil bath and heated to a pre-set temperature for a stated time.</div>
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			<div class="t">Oil Resistance</div>
			<div class="d">The ability of a conductor cable insulation or jacket to resist physical degradation caused by exposure to oil.</div>
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			<div class="t">Oil-Filled Cable</div>
			<div class="d">A self-contained pressure cable in which the pressure medium is low viscosity oil having access to the insulation.</div>
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			<div class="t">Open Cell</div>
			<div class="d">Foamed or cellular material with cells which are generally interconnected.</div>
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			<div class="t">Open Wiring</div>
			<div class="d">An exposed wiring method in which conductors are run in or on buildings, are not concealed by the structure and are supported by cleats, knobs and tubes.</div>
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			<div class="t">Operating Temperature</div>
			<div class="d">The temperature of the conductor insulation while carrying current, including the effect of ambient temperature and heat generated from the electrical current.</div>
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			<div class="t">Oscillatory Surge</div>
			<div class="d">A surge which includes both positive and negative polarity values.</div>
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			<div class="t">Oscilloscope</div>
			<div class="d">Test instrument for visually showing  the changes in a varying current by displaying the corresponding voltage wave form on a fluorescent screen.</div>
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			<div class="t">Outgassing</div>
			<div class="d">The dissipation of gas from a dielectric, evidencing decomposition.</div>
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			<div class="t">Outlet</div>
			<div class="d">Any point for tapping off power from an electrical current.</div>
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			<div class="t">Overall Diameter</div>
			<div class="d">Finished diameter over wire or cable.</div>
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			<div class="t">Overcoat Conductor</div>
			<div class="d">A stranded conductor made from individual strands of tin-coated wire stranded together and then given an overall tin coat.</div>
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			<div class="t">Overcurrent Device</div>
			<div class="d">A device such as a circuit breaker of fuse that automatically interrupts the circuit when current (in excess of a given rating), flows through the circuit because of a short circuit, overload or ground fault.</div>
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			<div class="t">Overlap</div>
			<div class="d">The amount the trailing edge laps over the leading edge of a spiral tape wrap.</div>
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			<div class="t">Oxidation</div>
			<div class="d">The process of uniting a compound with oxygen, usually resulting in an unwanted surface degradation of the material or compound.</div>
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			<div class="t">Oxygen Index</div>
			<div class="d">Percentage of oxygen necessary to support combustion in a gas mixture.</div>
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			<div class="t">Ozone</div>
			<div class="d">Reactive form of oxygen, typically found around electrical discharges and present in the atmosphere in small quantities.</div>
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			<div class="t">PAC</div>
			<div class="d">Preassemble Aerial Cable</div>
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			<div class="t">PCB</div>
			<div class="d">Printed Circuit Board</div>
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			<div class="t">PIC</div>
			<div class="d">A general term for any type of plastic insulated telephone cable.</div>
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			<div class="t">PLSJ</div>
			<div class="d">All-rubber, parallel-jacketed, two-conductor, light-duty cord for pendant or portable use in damp locations. 300V.</div>
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			<div class="t">PLT</div>
			<div class="d">Same as PLSJ, except thermoplastic insulation.</div>
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			<div class="t">PLTC</div>
			<div class="d">Power Limited Tray Cable, tray rated cable for power limited circuits, generally shielded pairs/triads and overall shield, meets U.L. Standard #13 and used in accordance with N.E.C. Article #725</div>
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			<div class="t">POSJ</div>
			<div class="d">All-rubber, parallel, light-duty, rip-cord for use on lamps and small appliances. 300V, used up to 60&deg;C.</div>
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			<div class="t">POT</div>
			<div class="d">Thermoplastic, parallel, light-duty rip-cord. 300V, used between 60&deg;C to 105&deg;C.</div>
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			<div class="t">PSI</div>
			<div class="d">Pounds per Square Inch</div>
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			<div class="t">PTFE</div>
			<div class="d">Polytetrafluoroethylene. Packing Fraction (fiber optic): The ratio of active cross-sectional area of fiber core(s) to the total end surface of the fiber, or fiber bundle.</div>
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			<div class="t">PVC</div>
			<div class="d">Polyvinyl chloride, a common thermoplastic insulation and jacketing material for building wire and cable.</div>
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			<div class="t">Package</div>
			<div class="d">An object used for accumulating and dispensing wire and cable for further processing or end use. A few of the more popular types of packages are reels, bobbins, spools, stems and coils.</div>
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			<div class="t">Pair</div>
			<div class="d">Two insulated wires of a single circuit associated together; also known as a "balance" transmission line.</div>
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			<div class="t">Parallel Conductors</div>
			<div class="d">Two or more conductors connected at both ends to form a single current path.</div>
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			<div class="t">Parallel Pair</div>
			<div class="d">A duplex construction of two insulated conductors laid parallel and then covered overall with a braid or jacket.</div>
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			<div class="t">Parallel Stripe</div>
			<div class="d">A stripe applied longitudinally on a wire or cable parallel to the axis of the conductor.</div>
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			<div class="t">Patch Cable</div>
			<div class="d">A cable with plugs or terminals on each end of the conductors to temporarily connect circuits of equipment together.</div>
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			<div class="t">Patch Cord</div>
			<div class="d">Braid covered with plugs or terminals on each end to connect jacks or blocks in switchboards or programming systems.</div>
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			<div class="t">Pay-Off</div>
			<div class="d">The process of feeding a cable or wire from a bobbin, reel or other package.</div>
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			<div class="t">Peak Voltage</div>
			<div class="d">The maximum instantaneous voltage of an electrical circuit.</div>
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			<div class="t">Percentage Conductivity</div>
			<div class="d">Conductivity of a material expressed as a percentage of copper.</div>
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			<div class="t">Periodicity</div>
			<div class="d">The uniformly spaced variations in the insulation diameter of a transmission cable that result in reflections of a signal, when its wavelength or a multiple thereof is equal to the distance between two diameter variations.</div>
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			<div class="t">Permittivity</div>
			<div class="d">See Dielectric Constant.</div>
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			<div class="t">Peroxide</div>
			<div class="d">A chemical added to XLPE to initiate the cross-linking process.</div>
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			<div class="t">Pick</div>
			<div class="d">Distance between two adjacent crossover points of braid filaments. The measurement in picks per inch indicates the degree of coverage.</div>
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			<div class="t">Pico</div>
			<div class="d">A numerical prefix denoting one-millionth of one-millionth (10-12).</div>
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			<div class="t">Picofarad</div>
			<div class="d">One-millionth of one-millionth of a farad. A micromicrofarad or picofarad (abbreviation pf). (See &micro;&micro;F).</div>
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			<div class="t">Pigment</div>
			<div class="d">A chemical added to insulation compounds to impart color for circuit identification.</div>
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			<div class="t">Pigtail Wire</div>
			<div class="d">Fine-stranded, extra-flexible, ropelay lead wire attached to a shield for terminating purposes.</div>
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			<div class="t">Pitch</div>
			<div class="d">In flat cable, the nominal distance between the index edges of two adjacent conductors.</div>
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			<div class="d">Diameter of a circle passing through the center of the conductors in any layer of a multiconductor cable.</div>
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			<div class="t">Plain Conductor</div>
			<div class="d">A conductor consisting of only one metal.</div>
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			<div class="d">A chemical agent added to plastics to make them softer and more pliable.</div>
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			<div class="t">Plain Weave</div>
			<div class="d">A weave used on woven cables. Threads between the wires, act as binders and give the cable lateral stiffness and linear flexibility. Also called Standard and Square Weave.</div>
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			<div class="t">Planetary Cabler</div>
			<div class="d">A cabler capable of laying down any number of shielded overbraided or jacketed singles, pairs, (called groups) or any combination of them in sequence.</div>
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			<div class="t">Planetary Twister</div>
			<div class="d">A twisting machine whose pay-off spools are mounted in rotating cradles that hold the axis of the spool in a fixed direction as the spools are revolved so the wire will not kink as it is twisted.</div>
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			<div class="t">Plastic Deformation</div>
			<div class="d">Change in dimensions under load that is not recovered when the load is removed.</div>
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			<div class="t">Plating</div>
			<div class="d">The application of one metal over another.</div>
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			<div class="d">The air return path of a central air handling system, either ductwork or open space over a suspended ceiling.</div>
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			<div class="t">Plenum Cable</div>
			<div class="d">Cable approved by a recognized agency such as UL for installation in plenums without the need for conduit.</div>
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			<div class="t">Plug</div>
			<div class="d">The part of the two mating halves of a connector which is movable when not fastened to the other mating half.</div>
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			<div class="t">Ply</div>
			<div class="d">The number of individual strands or filaments twisted together to form a single thread.</div>
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			<div class="t">Point-to-Point Wiring</div>
			<div class="d">An interconnecting technique wherein the connections between components are made by wires routed between connecting points.</div>
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			<div class="t">Polarization</div>
			<div class="d">The orientation of a flat cable or a rectangular connector.</div>
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			<div class="t">Poly</div>
			<div class="d">Polyethylene</div>
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			<div class="t">Polychloroprene</div>
			<div class="d">Chemical name for Neoprene.</div>
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			<div class="t">Polyester</div>
			<div class="d">Polyethylene terephthalate extensively as a moisture-resistant cable core wrap.</div>
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			<div class="t">Polyethylene</div>
			<div class="d">A thermoplastic material having excellent electrical properties.</div>
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			<div class="t">Polyhalocarbon</div>
			<div class="d">A general name for polymers containing halogen atoms. The halogens are fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine.</div>
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			<div class="t">Polymer</div>
			<div class="d">A material of high molecular weight formed by the chemical union of monomers.</div>
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			<div class="d">Any of the polymers and copolymers of the ethylene family of hydrocarbons.</div>
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			<div class="t">Polypropylene</div>
			<div class="d">A thermoplastic similar to polyethylene but stiffer and having higher softening point (temperature); excellent electrical properties.</div>
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			<div class="t">Polyurethane</div>
			<div class="d">Class of polymers known for good abrasion and solvent resistance (may be applied in solid or cellular form).</div>
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			<div class="t">Polyvinyl Chloride</div>
			<div class="d">A general-purpose thermoplastic widely used for wire and cable insulations and jackets.</div>
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			<div class="t">Porosity</div>
			<div class="d">Multiple voids in an insulation cross-section.</div>
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			<div class="t">Potting</div>
			<div class="d">The sealing of a cable termination or other component with a liquid which thermosets into an elastomer.</div>
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			<div class="t">Power Cables</div>
			<div class="d">Cables of various sizes, construction and insulation, single- or multi-conductor, designed to distribute primary power to various types of equipment.</div>
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			<div class="t">Power Factor</div>
			<div class="d">The ratio of resistance to impedance. The ratio of the actual power of an alternating current to apparent power. Mathematically, the cosine of the angle between the voltage applied and the current resulting.</div>
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			<div class="t">Pre-Bond</div>
			<div class="d">Stranded wire which has been fused, topcoat-tinned or overcoat-tinned.</div>
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			<div class="t">Primary</div>
			<div class="d">The transformer winding which receives the energy from a supply circuit.</div>
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			<div class="t">Primary Insulation</div>
			<div class="d">The first layer of nonconductive material applied over a conductor whose prime function is to act as electrical insulation.</div>
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			<div class="t">Printed Wiring</div>
			<div class="d">A printed circuit intended to provide point-to-point electrical connections.</div>
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			<div class="t">Programming</div>
			<div class="d">Ability to select various circuit patterns by interconnecting appropriate contacts on one side of a connector plug or panel.</div>
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			<div class="t">Propagation Delay</div>
			<div class="d">Time delay between input and output of signal.</div>
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			<div class="t">Propagation Time</div>
			<div class="d">Time required for a wave to travel between two points on a transmission line.</div>
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			<div class="t">Prototype</div>
			<div class="d">Original design or first operating model.</div>
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			<div class="t">Proximity Effect</div>
			<div class="d">Non-uniform current distribution over the cross-section of a conductor caused by the variation of the current in a neighboring conductor.</div>
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			<div class="t">Pulling Eye</div>
			<div class="d">A device used to pull cable into or from a duct.</div>
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			<div class="t">Pulling Force</div>
			<div class="d">The force exerted on a conductor during installation.</div>
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			<div class="t">Pulse</div>
			<div class="d">Energy which changes abruptly from one intensity to another. May be light energy or electrical energy.</div>
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			<div class="t">Pulse Cable</div>
			<div class="d">A type of coaxial cable constructed to transmit repeated high-voltage pulses without degradation.</div>
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			<div class="t">Put-Up</div>
			<div class="d">Refers to packaging of wire and cable, the term itself refers to the packaged product that is ready to be stored or shipped out.</div>
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			<div class="t">Quad</div>
			<div class="d">A series of four separately insulated conductors, generally twisted together in pairs. Also, a series-parallel combination of transistors with increased reliability because failure of one transistor will not disable the entire circuit.</div>
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			<div class="t">Quadders</div>
			<div class="d">Three-bay machines which can twist four wires together and cable braided and shielded wires with varying lay lengths.</div>
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			<div class="t">Quadruplex Cable</div>
			<div class="d">A cable composed of four conductors twisted together, usually three insulated and bare neutral.</div>
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			<div class="t">R-F</div>
			<div class="d">Radio-Frequency</div>
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			<div class="t">RA90</div>
			<div class="d">Rubber insulated, Aluminum sheath, rated 90&deg; C</div>
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			<div class="t">REA</div>
			<div class="d">Rural Electrification Administration</div>
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			<div class="t">RG/U</div>
			<div class="d">General utility-grade military coaxial cable.</div>
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			<div class="t">RH</div>
			<div class="d">A rubber - or XLPE - insulated conductor for use at 75&deg;C in dry locations.</div>
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			<div class="t">RHH</div>
			<div class="d">Rubber Insulated (higher) Heat Resistant, 90&deg; C, 600 volt, dry and damp location building wire</div>
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			<div class="t">RHO</div>
			<div class="d">A rubber - or XLPE - insulated conductor for use at 90&deg;C in dry locations.</div>
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			<div class="t">RHW</div>
			<div class="d">A rubber - or XLPE - insulated, moisture resistant conductor for use at 75&deg;C in dry or wet locations.</div>
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			<div class="t">RHW-2</div>
			<div class="d">A rubber - or XLPE - insulated, moisture resistant conductor for use at 90&deg;C in dry or wet locations.</div>
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			<div class="t">RPM</div>
			<div class="d">Revolutions Per Minute</div>
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			<div class="t">RTS</div>
			<div class="d">Reverse Twist Secondary</div>
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			<div class="t">RUH</div>
			<div class="d">Latex rubber insulated, for use at 75&deg;C in dry locations.</div>
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			<div class="t">RUW</div>
			<div class="d">Latex rubber insulated, for use at 60&deg;C in dry and wet locations.</div>
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			<div class="t">RW90</div>
			<div class="d">Rubber insulated (now XLPE insulated), wet and dry rated 90&deg; C</div>
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			<div class="t">RWU90</div>
			<div class="d">like RW90 except thicker insulation for direct burial (U), 1000 volt rated</div>
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			<div class="t">Raceway</div>
			<div class="d">An enclosed channel designed expressly for holding conductors and cables, including conduit and tubing, wireways and busways.</div>
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			<div class="t">Random Winding</div>
			<div class="d">A winding in rotating equipment wherein the wires do not lie in an even pattern.</div>
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			<div class="t">Rated Voltage</div>
			<div class="d">The maximum voltage at which an electrical component can be operated for extended periods without undue degradation or safety hazard.</div>
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			<div class="t">Reactance</div>
			<div class="d">The opposition offered to the flow of alternating current by inductance or capacitance of a compound or circuit.</div>
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			<div class="t">Receptacle</div>
			<div class="d">A contact device installed at an electrical outlet for the connection of a single attachment plug.</div>
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			<div class="t">Red Plaque</div>
			<div class="d">A powdery, brown-red growth found on silvercoated copper conductors and shield braids.</div>
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			<div class="t">Redraw</div>
			<div class="d">The consecutive drawing of wire through a series of dies to reach a desired wire size.</div>
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			<div class="t">Reducing Joint</div>
			<div class="d">A joint between two lengths of cable where the conductors are not the same size.</div>
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			<div class="t">Reel</div>
			<div class="d">A revolvable flanged device made of wood or metal, used for winding flexible metal wire or cable.</div>
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			<div class="t">Reflection Loss</div>
			<div class="d">The part of a signal which is lost due to reflection of power at a line discontinuity.</div>
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			<div class="t">Reinforced Sheath</div>
			<div class="d">The outermost covering of a cable that has cable sheath constructed in layers with the addition of a reinforcing material, usually a braided fiber, molded in place between layers.</div>
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			<div class="t">Remanence</div>
			<div class="d">The magnetic induction that remains in a magnetic circuit after the removal of an applied magnetomotive force.</div>
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			<div class="t">Resilient</div>
			<div class="d">The property of a substance to return to its original configuration after release of an applied force.</div>
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			<div class="t">Resistance</div>
			<div class="d">A measure of the difficulty in moving electrical current through a medium when voltage is applied. It is measured in ohms.</div>
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			<div class="t">Resistive Conductor</div>
			<div class="d">A conductor with high electrical resistance.</div>
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			<div class="t">Resistivity</div>
			<div class="d">The longitudinal electrical resistance of a conductor of unit length and unit cross-sectional area, expressed in ohms-circular-mils per foot; the opposite of conductivity.</div>
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			<div class="t">Retractile Cord</div>
			<div class="d">A cord having specially treated insulation or jacket so that it will retract.</div>
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			<div class="t">Return Wire</div>
			<div class="d">A ground wire or the negative wire in a direct-current circuit.</div>
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			<div class="t">Ribbon Cable</div>
			<div class="d">A flat cable of individually insulated conductors lying parallel and held together by means of adhesive or woven textile yarn.</div>
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			<div class="t">Ridge Marker</div>
			<div class="d">One or more ridges running laterally along the outer surface of a plastic insulated wire for purposes of identification.</div>
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			<div class="t">Rigid Bay</div>
			<div class="d">Cabling equipment that maintains component sequence and can produce cables with distinct layers.</div>
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			<div class="t">Rigid Coaxial Cable</div>
			<div class="d">Nonflexible coaxial cable, usually a metal tube-armored coaxial cable.</div>
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			<div class="t">Ring Tongue</div>
			<div class="d">A solderless terminal that connects wire to a stud.</div>
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			<div class="t">Ringing Out</div>
			<div class="d">Locating or identifying specific conductive paths by passing current through selected conductors.</div>
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			<div class="t">Rip-Cord</div>
			<div class="d">Two or more insulated conductors in a parallel configuration which may be separated to leave the insulation of each conductor intact.</div>
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			<div class="t">Rod</div>
			<div class="d">The solid round metallic form of copper and aluminum which is the most effective shape from which to draw wire.</div>
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			<div class="t">Romex®</div>
			<div class="d">Nonmetallic sheathed cable.</div>
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			<div class="t">Romex® ®SIMpull® ®</div>
			<div class="d">Nonmetallic sheathed cable with patent pending SIM (Slikqwik™ Infused Membrane) jacket.</div>
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			<div class="t">Rope Concentric</div>
			<div class="d">A group of standard conductors assembled in a concentric manner.</div>
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			<div class="t">Rope Lay Cable</div>
			<div class="d">A concentric, stranded cable designed for flexibility with its individual members made up of strands which are either concentric stranded or bunched.</div>
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			<div class="t">Rope Lay Conductor</div>
			<div class="d">A conductor composed of a central core surrounded by one or more layers of helically-laid groups of wires.</div>
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			<div class="t">Rope Unilay</div>
			<div class="d">A group of stranded conductors assembled in a unilay manner.</div>
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			<div class="t">Round Wire Shields</div>
			<div class="d">Shields constructed from bare, tinned or silver-plated copper wire that include braided, spiral and reverse spiral.</div>
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			<div class="t">Rubber (Wire Insulation):</div>
			<div class="d">Term used to describe wire insulations made of thermosetting elastomers, occur naturally or may be made synthetically.</div>
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			<div class="t">Rulan</div>
			<div class="d">DuPont's trade name for their flame retardant polyethylene insulating material.</div>
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			<div class="t">Rupture</div>
			<div class="d">That point at which a material exceeds its elastic limit and physically comes apart as opposed to yield strength, elongation, etc.</div>
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			<div class="t">S</div>
			<div class="d">Heavy-duty, rubber-insulated portable cord. Stranded copper conductors with separator and individual rubber insulation. Two or more color coded conductors cabled with filler wrapped with separator and rubber jacketed overall. 600V.</div>
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			<div class="t">SA</div>
			<div class="d">Silicone Asbestos insulated, for use at 90&deg;C in dry locations, or at 125&deg;C special application.</div>
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			<div class="t">SAE</div>
			<div class="d">Society of Automotive Engineers</div>
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			<div class="t">SANZ</div>
			<div class="d">Standards Association of New Zealand</div>
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			<div class="t">SBR</div>
			<div class="d">Copolymer of styrene and butadiene. Most commonly used type of synthetic rubber.</div>
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			<div class="t">SCR</div>
			<div class="d">Southwire Continuous Rod</div>
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			<div class="t">SD</div>
			<div class="d">Service Drop cable</div>
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			<div class="t">SDC</div>
			<div class="d">Self Damping Conductors</div>
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			<div class="t">SEA</div>
			<div class="d">Service Entrance cable (type SE, style U) (Armored).</div>
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			<div class="t">SEMKO</div>
			<div class="d">Approval agency for Sweden.</div>
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			<div class="t">SEOOW</div>
			<div class="d">Hard-service portable cord rated for Extra Hard-Usage. Cord is constructed with thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) oil resistant conductors and thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) oil resistant outer jacket. Weather resistant and water resistant. Quantum TPE™. 600V.</div>
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			<div class="t">SER</div>
			<div class="d">Service Entrance cable, Style R (Type SE, Style R).</div>
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			<div class="t">SEU</div>
			<div class="d">Service Entrance cable (Type SE, Style U) (Unarmored).</div>
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			<div class="t">SIS</div>
			<div class="d">Rubber insulated Switch Board Wire, for use at 90&deg;C.</div>
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			<div class="t">SJ</div>
			<div class="d">Junior hard-service, rubber-insulated pendant or portable cord. Same construction as type S, but 300V. Jacket thickness is different.</div>
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			<div class="t">SJEOOW</div>
			<div class="d">Junior hard-service portable cord rated for Extra Hard-Usage. Cord is constructed with thermoplastic elastomer (TPE), oil resistant conductors and thermoplastic elastomer (TPE), oil- resistant outer jacket. Weather resistant and water resistant. Quantum TPE™. 300V.</div>
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			<div class="t">SJO</div>
			<div class="d">Same as SJ, but Viper&reg;, oil-resistant compound outer jacket. Can also be made "water-resistant." 300V, for use at 60&deg;C.</div>
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			<div class="t">SJOO</div>
			<div class="d">Same as SJO with oil-resistant insulation.</div>
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			<div class="t">SJOOW</div>
			<div class="d">Same as SJOO with the added UL %2B CSA approval for outdoor use and water resistance.</div>
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			<div class="t">SJT</div>
			<div class="d">Junior hard-service thermoplastic or rubber insulated conductors with overall thermoplastic jacket. 300V, for use at 60&deg;C to 105&deg;C.</div>
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			<div class="t">SJTO</div>
			<div class="d">Same as SJT but oil-resistant thermoplastic outer jacket. for use at 60&deg;C.</div>
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			<div class="t">SJTW</div>
			<div class="d">Service cord, 300 volt junior cord (J), Thermoplastic, Wet rated</div>
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			<div class="t">SO</div>
			<div class="d">Hard-service cord, same construction as type S except oil-resistant Viper&reg; jacket. 600V, 60&deg;C to 90&deg;C.</div>
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			<div class="t">SOO</div>
			<div class="d">Same as SO with oil-resistant insulation.</div>
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			<div class="d">Same as SOO with the added UL %2B CSA approval for outdoor use and water resistance.</div>
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			<div class="t">SOW</div>
			<div class="d">Same as SO with the added UL and CSA approval for outdoor use and water resistance.</div>
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			<div class="t">SP-1</div>
			<div class="d">All-rubber, parallel-jacketed, two-conductor light-duty cord for pendant or portable use in damp locations. 300V.</div>
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			<div class="t">SP-2</div>
			<div class="d">Same as SP-1, heavier construction, with or without third conductor for grounding purposes. 300V.</div>
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			<div class="t">SP-3</div>
			<div class="d">Same as SP-2, heavier construction for refrigerators or room air conditioners. 300V.</div>
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			<div class="t">SPT</div>
			<div class="d">All parallel construction, thermoplastic jacket, two conductor, portable service cord for lamps and small appliances, clocks, radios.</div>
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			<div class="t">SPT-1</div>
			<div class="d">Same as SP-1, except all-thermoplastic. 300V with or without third conductor for grounding.</div>
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			<div class="t">SPT-2</div>
			<div class="d">Same as SP-2, except all-thermoplastic. 300V with or without third conductor for grounding.</div>
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			<div class="t">SPT-3</div>
			<div class="d">Same as SP-3, except all-thermoplastic. 300V with or without third conductor for grounding.</div>
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			<div class="t">SRD</div>
			<div class="d">Portable range or dryer cable. Three or four rubber-insulated conductors with rubber or neoprene jacket, flat or round construction. 300V, for use at 60&deg;C.</div>
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			<div class="t">SRDT</div>
			<div class="d">Same as SRD, except all-thermoplastic with a maximum temperature of 90&deg;C.</div>
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			<div class="t">SRDT</div>
			<div class="d">Hard-service cord, jacketed, same as type S except all-plastic construction. 600V, for use at 60&deg;C to 105&deg;C.</div>
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			<div class="t">STO</div>
			<div class="d">Same as ST but with oil-resistant thermoplastic outer jacket. 600V, for use at 60&deg;C.</div>
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			<div class="t">SV</div>
			<div class="d">Vacuum cleaner cord, two or three-conductor and rubber-insulated. Overall rubber jacket. For light duty in damp locations. 300V, 60&deg;C.</div>
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			<div class="t">SVO</div>
			<div class="d">Same as SV except carolprene jacket, 300V, 60&deg;C.</div>
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			<div class="t">SVT</div>
			<div class="d">Same as SV except all-plastic construction. With or without third conductor for grounding purposes only. 300V, 60&deg;C to 90&deg;C.</div>
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			<div class="t">Sag (conductor)</div>
			<div class="d">The vertical distance between a suspended conductor and an imaginary straight line connecting the points of suspension. Sag may be measured at the mid point between the suspensions, the lowest point of the conductor or at any specified point.</div>
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			<div class="t">Screw Extender</div>
			<div class="d">A machine which accepts solid particles (pellet or powder) or liquid (molten) feed, melts and conveys it through a surrounding barren by means of a rotating screw and pumps it, under pressure, through a die.</div>
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			<div class="t">Secondary Insulation</div>
			<div class="d">A nonconductive material that protects the conductor against abrasion and provides a second electrical barrier.</div>
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			<div class="t">Sector Cable</div>
			<div class="d">A multi-core cable in which the cross section of each conductor is substantially a section of a circle, an ellipse (oval), or a figure intermediate between them; when cabled, contributes to a smaller overall diameter.</div>
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			<div class="t">Segmental Conductor</div>
			<div class="d">A stranded conductor consisting of three or more stranded conducting elements, each element having approximately the shape of the sector of a circle, assembled to give a substantially circular cross-section.</div>
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			<div class="t">Selenium Cure</div>
			<div class="d">Process used to cure neoprene and rubber-jacketed wires and cables.</div>
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			<div class="t">Self-Extinguishing</div>
			<div class="d">Characteristic of a material whose flame is extinguished after the igniting flame source is removed.</div>
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			<div class="t">Self-Supporting Cable</div>
			<div class="d">Made with a steel support strand capable of supporting its own weight across spans.</div>
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			<div class="t">Semi-Conducting Jacket</div>
			<div class="d">A jacket having a sufficiently low resistance so that its outer surface can be kept at substantially ground potential.</div>
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			<div class="t">Semi-Rigid</div>
			<div class="d">A cable containing a flexible inner core and a relatively inflexible sheathing.</div>
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			<div class="t">Semi-Solid</div>
			<div class="d">An insulation cross-section having a partially open space between the conductor and the insulation perimeter.</div>
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			<div class="d">A nonconductive material made slightly conductive by the addition of a specific sum of conductive material.</div>
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			<div class="t">Separator</div>
			<div class="d">A layer of insulating material which is placed between a conductor and its dielectric, between a cable jacket and the components it covers or between various components of a multiple-conductor cable.</div>
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			<div class="t">Serve</div>
			<div class="d">A filament or group of filaments such as fibers or wires, wound around a central core.</div>
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			<div class="t">Service Conductors</div>
			<div class="d">Conductors extending from the utility company's street main connection point of transformer to the service equipment.</div>
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			<div class="t">Service Drop</div>
			<div class="d">An overhead service conductor run from the utility company's street main connection point or transformer to the service equipment.</div>
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			<div class="t">Service Entrance</div>
			<div class="d">The conductors that connect this service conductors (drop or lateral) to the service equipment of the building.</div>
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			<div class="d">The equipment necessary to contain the main power control and cutoff, typically including a main power disconnect, fuses or circuit breakers and related accessories. It is located near the point at which the service entrance enters the building.</div>
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			<div class="d">An underground service conductor run from the utility company's street main to the point of connection to the building's service entrance or service equipment.</div>
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			<div class="d">A wrapping applied over the core of a cable or over a wire.</div>
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			<div class="t">Sheath</div>
			<div class="d">The outer covering or jacket of a multiconductor cable.</div>
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			<div class="t">Shield</div>
			<div class="d">In cables, a metallic layer placed around a conductor or group of conductors to prevent electrostatic or electromagnetic interference between the enclosed wires or external fields.</div>
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			<div class="t">Shield Coverage</div>
			<div class="d">Amount of outer cable covered by the shielding material.</div>
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			<div class="t">Shield Effectiveness</div>
			<div class="d">The ability of a shield to screen out undesirable signals.</div>
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			<div class="d">Usually concerning a high voltage power cable 5000V and above, enclosed in a non-magnetic conducting envelope,  constructed that substantially every point on the insulation is at ground potential or some pre-determined potential with respect to ground. Can apply to multiple conductor cable in which each single conductor is shielded or to a multiple conductor cable where the overall assembly is shielded.</div>
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			<div class="t">Shielded Line</div>
			<div class="d">A transmission line whose elements confine propagated radio waves to an essentially finite space inside a tabular conducting surface called the sheath, thus preventing the line from radiating radio waves.</div>
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			<div class="t">Shielded-Type Cable</div>
			<div class="d">A cable in which the surface of the insulation is at ground potential.</div>
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			<div class="t">Short Circuit</div>
			<div class="d">A load that occurs when an ungrounded conductor comes into contact with another conductor or grounded object.</div>
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			<div class="t">Shunt Wire</div>
			<div class="d">A conductor joining two parts of an electric circuit to divert part of the current.</div>
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			<div class="t">Sidewall Pressure</div>
			<div class="d">The pressure exerted on a conductor in the inside of conduit or tubing at a bend.</div>
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			<div class="t">Signal</div>
			<div class="d">A current used to convey information, either digital, analog, audio or video.</div>
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			<div class="t">Silicone</div>
			<div class="d">A material made from silicon and oxygen. Can be in thermosetting elastomer or liquid form. The thermosetting elastomer form is noted for high heat resistance.</div>
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			<div class="t">Silicone Treating</div>
			<div class="d">A silicone liquid treatment applied to insulated conductors to allow for easy jacket stripping.</div>
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			<div class="t">Single-Faced Tape</div>
			<div class="d">Fabric tape finished on one side with a rubber or synthetic compound.</div>
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			<div class="t">Sizing</div>
			<div class="d">Applying a material to a surface to fill pores.</div>
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			<div class="t">Skeleton Braid</div>
			<div class="d">Widely separated braid of fiber copper, or steel, used to hold core together, for reinforcing jacket or for shielding.</div>
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			<div class="t">Skin Effect</div>
			<div class="d">In an AC system, the tendency of the outer portion of a conductor to carry more of the current as the frequency of the AC increases.</div>
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			<div class="t">Skin Tape</div>
			<div class="d">Filled tape coated on one or both sides with a thin film of uncured rubber or synthetic compound to produce a coating suitable for vulcanization.</div>
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			<div class="t">Sleeve</div>
			<div class="d">A braided, knifed or woven tube used over wires or components as insulation tubing. Also called Sleeving.</div>
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			<div class="t">Solid Conductor</div>
			<div class="d">A conductor consisting of a single wire.</div>
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			<div class="t">Spacer Cable</div>
			<div class="d">A distribution cable designed to be used in conjunction with insulating spacers which maintain conductor spacing in overhead line installations. This cable is considered uninsulated and installed likewise, but the covering on the conductors does allow for conductor close proximity and reduce faults due to the touching of tree limbs.</div>
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			<div class="t">Span</div>
			<div class="d">In flat conductors, distance between the reference edge of the first and the last conductor. In round conductors, distance between centers of the first and last conductors.</div>
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			<div class="t">Spark Test</div>
			<div class="d">A test designed to locate pin-holes in the insulation of a wire or cable by application of a voltage for a very short period of time while the wire is being drawn through the electrode field.</div>
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			<div class="t">Specific Gravity</div>
			<div class="d">The ratio of the density (mass per unit volume) of a material to that of water.</div>
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			<div class="d">The ratio of the density (mass per unit volume) of a material to that of water.</div>
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			<div class="t">Spiral Stripe</div>
			<div class="d">A color-coding stripe applied helically to the surface of an insulated wire or cable.</div>
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			<div class="t">Spiral Wrap</div>
			<div class="d">The helical wrap of a tape or thread over a core.</div>
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			<div class="t">Splice</div>
			<div class="d">A connection of two or more conductors or cables to provide good mechanical strength as well as good conductivity.</div>
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			<div class="t">Split Circuit</div>
			<div class="d">A wiring method in which one 240 volt circuit runs from the distribution panel and then split into two 120 volt circuits (a multi-wire circuit).</div>
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			<div class="t">Sprinkler Control Cable</div>
			<div class="d">A direct buried assembly of two through 13 small conductors with an overall jacket used for low voltage (maximum 30 volts) control circuits.</div>
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			<div class="t">Square Mil</div>
			<div class="d">The area of a square, one mil by one mil.</div>
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			<div class="t">Stabilizer</div>
			<div class="d">A metallic compound added to PVC to maintain the integrity of the insulation compound during processing and use.</div>
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			<div class="t">Standing Wave Ratio</div>
			<div class="d">In a transmission line, waveguide or analogous system, a figure of merit used to express the efficiency of the system in transmitting power.</div>
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			<div class="t">Stay Cord</div>
			<div class="d">A component of a cable used to anchor the cable ends at their points of termination and to keep any pull of the cable from being transferred to the electrical connections.</div>
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			<div class="t">Strand</div>
			<div class="d">One of the wires of any stranded conductor.</div>
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			<div class="t">Strand Lay</div>
			<div class="d">The distance of advance of one strand of a spirally-stranded conductor, in one turn, measured axially.</div>
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			<div class="t">Stranded Conductor</div>
			<div class="d">A conductor composed of groups of wires twisted together.</div>
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			<div class="t">Strap</div>
			<div class="d">Square- or rectangular-section, bare conductor, manufactured and used in coil form.</div>
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			<div class="d">To remove insulation from a cable.</div>
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			<div class="t">Structural Return Loss</div>
			<div class="d">Backward-reflected energies from uneven parts of the cable structure are termed structural return loss.</div>
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			<div class="t">Submersible Pump Cable</div>
			<div class="d">An assembly of moisture-resistant conductors with or without a jacket.</div>
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			<div class="t">Sunlight Resistance</div>
			<div class="d">The ability of a conductor or cable insulation to resist degradation caused by exposure to ultraviolet rays.</div>
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			<div class="t">Surface Resistivity</div>
			<div class="d">The resistance of a material between two opposite sides of a unit square of its surface. It is usually expressed in ohms.</div>
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			<div class="t">Sweep Test</div>
			<div class="d">A test given to check attenuation by oscilloscope, as in coaxial cable.</div>
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			<div class="d">A device used to break the flow of current</div>
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			<div class="t">Headline 11</div>
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			<div class="t">T</div>
			<div class="d">Thermoplastic</div>
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			<div class="t">T90/TWN75</div>
			<div class="d">Thermoplastic rated 90&deg; C dry/Thermoplastic, wet rated 75&deg; C, Nylon Jacket</div>
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			<div class="d">Thermoplastic and asbestos insulated switch board wire, 90&deg;C.</div>
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			<div class="t">TAS</div>
			<div class="d">Shielded thermoplastic appliance wire.</div>
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			<div class="t">TBS</div>
			<div class="d">Thermoplastic and fibrous outer braid, 90&deg;C switch board wire.</div>
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			<div class="t">TBWP</div>
			<div class="d">Triple Braided WeatherProof cable.</div>
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			<div class="t">TC</div>
			<div class="d">Non armoured Tray Cable, can be many different CSA approved types that pass additional TC requirements</div>
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			<div class="t">TEW</div>
			<div class="d">Canadian Standard Association type appliance wires. Solid or stranded single conductor, plastic-insulated. 600V, up to 105&deg;C.</div>
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			<div class="d">Same as TEW but with Nylon coating for oil resistance</div>
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			<div class="t">TF</div>
			<div class="d">Fixture wire, thermoplastic-covered solid or 7 strands. up to 60&deg;C.</div>
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			<div class="t">TFE</div>
			<div class="d">Teflon&reg; (TetraFluoroEthylene).</div>
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			<div class="t">TFF</div>
			<div class="d">Same as TF but flexible stranding, up to 60&deg;C.</div>
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			<div class="d">Thermoplastic, High Heat, 600V Nylon jacketed building wire up to 90&deg;C.</div>
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			<div class="d">Thermoplastic vinyl-insulated building wire. Flame-retardant, moisture and heat-resistant. Used in Dry or wet locations, up to 75&deg;C.</div>
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			<div class="t">THWN</div>
			<div class="d">Same as THW but with nylon jacket overall, up to 75&deg;C.</div>
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			<div class="d">A thermoplastic-insulated nylon-jacketed, moisture resistant conductor used in wet or dry locations up to 90&deg;C.</div>
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			<div class="d">Thermoplastic vinyl-jacketed building wire, moisture-resistant, up to 60&deg;C.</div>
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			<div class="t">TW40</div>
			<div class="d">Thermoplastic, Wet rated at 60&deg; C and rated at minus 40&deg; C</div>
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			<div class="t">TW75</div>
			<div class="d">Thermoplastic, Wet rated, 75&deg; C</div>
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			<div class="d">Thermoplastic, Wet rated at 60&deg; C and rated at minus 40&deg; C, for direct burial (U)</div>
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			<div class="t">Take-Up</div>
			<div class="d">The process of accumulating wire or cable onto a reel, bobbin or some other type of pack. Also, the device for pulling wire or cable through a piece of equipment or machine.</div>
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			<div class="t">Tank Test</div>
			<div class="d">A voltage dielectric test in which the test sample is submerged in water and voltage is applied between the conductor and water as ground.</div>
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			<div class="t">Tape</div>
			<div class="d">A relatively narrow woven or cut strip of fabric, paper or film material.</div>
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			<div class="t">Tape Cable</div>
			<div class="d">A form of multiple-conductor consisting of parallel metal strips imbedded in insulating material.</div>
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			<div class="t">Tape Wrap</div>
			<div class="d">A spirally-applied tape over an insulated or uninsulated wire.</div>
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			<div class="t">Taped Insulation</div>
			<div class="d">Insulation of helically-wound tapes applied over a conductor or over an assembled group of insulated conductors.</div>
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			<div class="t">Taping</div>
			<div class="d">Process of insulating continuous-length, large-diameter wires with tape of nonextrudable materials.</div>
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			<div class="t">Tarnish</div>
			<div class="d">A term used to describe the discoloration of a material caused by exposure to a corrosive environment.</div>
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			<div class="t">Tear Strength</div>
			<div class="d">The force required to initiate or continue a tear in a material under specified conditions.</div>
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			<div class="t">Teck90</div>
			<div class="d">Armored cable developed for Teck mine in Northern Ontario, 90&deg; C rated</div>
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			<div class="t">Teflon®</div>
			<div class="d">DuPont's trade name for fluorocarbon resins. FEP, PFA and TFE are typical materials.</div>
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			<div class="t">Tefzel</div>
			<div class="d">DuPont's trade name for a fluorocarbon material typically used as a wire wrap insulation.</div>
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			<div class="t">Telemetry Cable</div>
			<div class="d">Cable used for transmission of information from instruments to the peripheral recording equipment.</div>
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			<div class="t">Temper</div>
			<div class="d">The softness of a metal; terms such as soft-drawn, dead soft, annealed, and semi-annealed are used to describe tempers used for conductor metals.</div>
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			<div class="t">Temperature Rating</div>
			<div class="d">The maximum temperature at which an insulating material may be used in continuous operation without loss of its basic properties.</div>
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			<div class="t">Tensile Set</div>
			<div class="d">The condition when a plastic material shows permanent deformation caused by a stress, after the stress is removed.</div>
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			<div class="t">Tensile Strength</div>
			<div class="d">The pull stress required to break a given specimen.</div>
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			<div class="t">Tension Member</div>
			<div class="d">A member included in a fiber cable to add tensile strength.</div>
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			<div class="t">Terminals</div>
			<div class="d">Metal wire termination devices designed to handle one or more conductors and to be attached to a board bus or block with mechanical fasteners or clipped on.</div>
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			<div class="t">Test Lead</div>
			<div class="d">A flexible, insulated lead wire used for making tests, connecting instruments to a circuit temporarily or for making temporary electrical connections.</div>
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			<div class="t">Test Reports</div>
			<div class="d">The permanent records made by a wire manufacturer of the tests performed on a batch of wire to a specification.</div>
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			<div class="t">Testset</div>
			<div class="d">A device that can supply a current to a circuit under test and read the resulting resistance or leakage current.</div>
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			<div class="t">Textile Braid</div>
			<div class="d">Any braid made from threads of cotton, silk or synthetic fibers.</div>
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			<div class="t">Themal Shock</div>
			<div class="d">The resulting characteristics when a material is subjected to rapid and wide range changes in temperature in an effort to discover its ability to withstand heat and cold.</div>
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			<div class="t">Thermal Aging</div>
			<div class="d">Exposure to a thermal condition or programmed series of conditions for predescribed periods of time.</div>
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			<div class="t">Thermal Expansion</div>
			<div class="d">The expansion of a material when subjected to heat.</div>
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			<div class="t">Thermal Rating</div>
			<div class="d">The maximum and/or minimum temperature at which a material will perform its function without undue degradation.</div>
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			<div class="t">Thermal Resistance of a Cable</div>
			<div class="d">The resistance offered by the insulation to the flow of heat from the conductor(s) to the earth.</div>
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			<div class="t">Thermocouple Lead Wire</div>
			<div class="d">An insulated pair of wires used from the couple to a junction box.</div>
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			<div class="t">Thermocouple Lead Wire</div>
			<div class="d">An insulated pair of wires used from the couple to a junction box.</div>
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			<div class="t">Thermocouple Wire</div>
			<div class="d">A two conductor cable with each conductor employing a dissimilar metal, made up specifically for temperature measurements.</div>
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			<div class="t">Thermoplastic</div>
			<div class="d">A material which softens when heated and becomes firm on cooling.</div>
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			<div class="t">Thermoset</div>
			<div class="d">A material which hardens or sets when heat is applied and which, once set cannot be resoftened by heating. The application of heat is called "curing."</div>
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			<div class="t">Three-Phase Current</div>
			<div class="d">Current delivered through three wires, with each wire serving as a return for the other two.</div>
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			<div class="t">Three-Phase Three-Wire System</div>
			<div class="d">An alternating current supply system comprising three conductors over which three-phase power is sent.</div>
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			<div class="t">Three-Way Switch</div>
			<div class="d">A type of switch used in pairs to control one piece of electrical equipment from two different points.</div>
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			<div class="t">Three-Wire System</div>
			<div class="d">A D.C. or single-phase A.C. system comprising three conductors, one of which is maintained at a potential midway between the potential of the other two.</div>
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			<div class="t">Tin Overcoat (TOC)</div>
			<div class="d">Tinned copper wire stranded, then coated with pure tin.</div>
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			<div class="t">Tinning</div>
			<div class="d">There are two types: Electrotinned and Hot-Dipped. Electrotinned is the process of electroplating the surface of a conductor material with a tin or tin-lead alloy. Hot-Dipped is the process of pulling the conductor material through a molten bath of the tin or tinlead alloy.</div>
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			<div class="t">Tinsel Wire</div>
			<div class="d">A low-voltage stranded wire with each strand, a very thin conductor ribbon, spirally-wrapped around a textile yarn.</div>
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			<div class="t">Topcoat</div>
			<div class="d">Bare (untinned) copper wire stranded then coated with pure tin.</div>
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			<div class="t">Tracer</div>
			<div class="d">A means of identifying polarity.</div>
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			<div class="t">Tracer Stripe</div>
			<div class="d">When more than one color coding stripe is required, the first (or widest) is called the base stripe, whereas the narrow stripes are termed tracer stripes.</div>
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			<div class="t">Transmission</div>
			<div class="d">Transfer of electric energy from one location to another through conductors or by radiation or induction fields.</div>
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			<div class="t">Transmission Cable</div>
			<div class="d">Two or more transmission lines. See Transmission Line.</div>
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			<div class="t">Transmission Line</div>
			<div class="d">A signal-carrying circuit with controlled electrical characteristics used to transmit high-frequency or narrow-pulse signals.</div>
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			<div class="t">Transmission Loss</div>
			<div class="d">The decrease or loss in power during transmission of energy from one point to another. Usually expressed in decibels.</div>
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			<div class="t">Transposition</div>
			<div class="d">Interchanging the relative positions of wires to neutralize the effects of induction to, or from other circuits or, to minimize interference pickup by the lead-in during reception.</div>
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			<div class="t">Tray</div>
			<div class="d">A cable tray system is an assembly of units or sections and ancillary filings, made of noncombustible materials, used to support cables. Cable tray systems include ladders, troughs, channels, solid bosom trays and similar structures.</div>
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			<div class="t">Tray Cable</div>
			<div class="d">A factory-assembled multiconductor or multi-pair control cable approved under the National Electrical Code for installation in trays.</div>
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			<div class="t">Tree Wire</div>
			<div class="d">A cable designed to be used n conjunction with insulators, for overhead distribution, having heavy covering which reduces faults due to the touching of tree limbs in heavily wooded areas. (See space cable, sometimes one in the same).</div>
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			<div class="t">Triaxial</div>
			<div class="d">A three-conductor cable with one conductor in the center, a second circular conductor shield concentric with the first and a third circular conductor shield insulated from and concentric with the first and second, usually with insulation, and over a braid or impervious sheath overall.</div>
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			<div class="t">Triboelectric Noise</div>
			<div class="d">Noise generated in a shielded cable due to variations in capacitance between shielding and conductor as the cable is flexed.</div>
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			<div class="t">Triple Cable</div>
			<div class="d">A cable composed of three insulated single conductors and one bare conductor all twisted together. It may or may not have a common covering of binding.</div>
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			<div class="t">Triplex Cable</div>
			<div class="d">A cable composed of either three insulated single conductor cables twisted together or two insulated single conductor cables twisted together with a bare conductor or messenger.</div>
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			<div class="t">True Concentric</div>
			<div class="d">A cable in which each successive layer has a reversed direction of lay from the preceding layer.</div>
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			<div class="t">Tubing</div>
			<div class="d">A tube of extruded nonsupported plastic material</div>
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			<div class="t">Twin Cable</div>
			<div class="d">A pair of insulated conductors twisted, sheathed or held together mechanically and not identifiable from each other in a common covering.</div>
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			<div class="t">Twin Coaxial</div>
			<div class="d">A configuration containing two separate complete coaxial cables laid parallel or twisted around each other in one complex.</div>
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			<div class="t">Twin Line</div>
			<div class="d">A transmission line which has a solid insulating material, in which the two conductors are placed parallel to each other.</div>
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			<div class="t">Twinner</div>
			<div class="d">A device for twisting together two conductors.</div>
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			<div class="t">Twisted Pairs</div>
			<div class="d">A cable composed of two small insulated conductors twisted together without a common covering.</div>
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			<div class="t">UD</div>
			<div class="d">Underground Distribution</div>
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			<div class="t">UF</div>
			<div class="d">Thermoplastic Underground Feeder and branch circuit cable.</div>
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			<div class="t">UHF</div>
			<div class="d">Ultra High Frequency, 300 to 3,000 MHz.</div>
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			<div class="t">UL</div>
			<div class="d">Underwriters Laboratories, Inc</div>
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			<div class="t">URC</div>
			<div class="d">Weatherproof cable type, TBWP, DBWP as developed by the University Research Commission.</div>
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			<div class="t">URD</div>
			<div class="d">Underground Residential Distribution.</div>
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			<div class="t">USE</div>
			<div class="d">Underground Service Entrance conductor or cable</div>
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			<div class="t">USE1</div>
			<div class="d">Same use, temperature and voltage rating as USEB. Construction is individually insulated and jacketed conductors twisted together to form complete cable</div>
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			<div class="d">Same as USE except 90&deg; C wet and dry rated</div>
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			<div class="d">Underground Service Entrance, style B, neutral conductor wires wrapped over parallel phase conductors, PVC jacket overall, -75 or -90 for 75&deg; or 90&deg; C, 600 volt rated</div>
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			<div class="t">UTE</div>
			<div class="d">Approval agency for France; Union Technique de l'Electricite.</div>
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			<div class="t">Ultraviolet (UV) Inhibitor</div>
			<div class="d">Chemicals in a PVC insulation compound protect the insulation from breaking down when exposed to sunlight.</div>
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			<div class="t">Ultraviolet Degradation</div>
			<div class="d">The degradation caused by long time exposure of a material to sunlight or other ultraviolet rays containing radiation.</div>
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			<div class="t">Unbalanced Line</div>
			<div class="d">A transmission line in which voltages on the two conductors are unequal with respect to ground.</div>
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			<div class="t">Unidirectional Concentric Stranding</div>
			<div class="d">A stranding where each successive layer has a different lay length, thereby retaining a circular form without migration of strands from one layer to another.</div>
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			<div class="t">Unidirectional Stranding</div>
			<div class="d">A term denoting that in a stranded conductor, all layers have the same direction of lay.</div>
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			<div class="t">Unilay Strand</div>
			<div class="d">A conductor constructed with a central core surrounded by more than one layer of helically-laid wires, with all layers having a common length and direction of lay.</div>
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			<div class="t">V</div>
			<div class="d">Varnished cambric, 85&deg;C dry location.</div>
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			<div class="t">VDE</div>
			<div class="d">West Germany approval agency.</div>
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			<div class="d">Very High Frequency, 30 to 300 MHz.</div>
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			<div class="t">VIP</div>
			<div class="d">Vulcanized Interlinked Polyethylene</div>
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			<div class="t">VSWR</div>
			<div class="d">Volume Standing Wave Ratio</div>
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			<div class="d">A flammability rating established by Underwriters Laboratories for wires and cables that pass a specially designed vertical flame test (formerly designated FR-1-).</div>
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			<div class="t">Velocity of Propagation</div>
			<div class="d">The speed of an electrical signal down a length of cable compared to speed in free space expressed as a percent. It is the reciprocal of the square root of the dielectric constant of the cable insulation.</div>
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			<div class="t">Volt</div>
			<div class="d">A unit of electromotive force.</div>
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			<div class="t">Volt</div>
			<div class="d">A unit of electromotive force.</div>
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			<div class="t">Voltage</div>
			<div class="d">The term most often used in place of electromotive force, potential difference or voltage drop to designate the electric pressure that exists between two points and is capable of producing a current when a closed circuit is connected between two points.</div>
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			<div class="t">Voltage Classification</div>
			<div class="d">A category of conductors or equipment based on voltage ratings.</div>
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			<div class="t">Voltage Drop</div>
			<div class="d">A term used to express the amount of voltage loss in a conductor of given size and length drawing a given current.</div>
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			<div class="d">The highest voltage that maybe continuously applied to a wire in conformance with standards or specifications.</div>
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			<div class="t">Voltage Standing Wave Ration (VSWR)</div>
			<div class="d">The ratio of the maximum effective voltage to the minimum effective voltage measured along the length of a mismatched radio frequency transmission line.</div>
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			<div class="t">Voltage Withstand Test</div>
			<div class="d">A field or factory test in which a conductor is subjected to a higher than normal AC or DC voltage.</div>
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			<div class="t">Volume Resistivity</div>
			<div class="d">The electrical resistance between opposite faces of a 1 cm. cube of insulating material commonly expressed in ohms/centimeter.</div>
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			<div class="t">Vulcanization</div>
			<div class="d">A chemical reaction in which the physical properties of an elastomer are changed by reacting it with sulfur or other cross-linking agents.</div>
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			<div class="t">WG</div>
			<div class="d">With Ground</div>
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			<div class="t">WOG</div>
			<div class="d">WithOut Ground</div>
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			<div class="t">WP</div>
			<div class="d">WeatherProof</div>
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			<div class="t">Wall Thickness</div>
			<div class="d">The thickness of the applied insulation or jacket.</div>
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			<div class="t">Water Absorption Test</div>
			<div class="d">A test to determine the water absorbed by a material after a given immersion period.</div>
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			<div class="t">Waterblocked Cable</div>
			<div class="d">A cable constructed with no internal voids in order to allow no longitudinal water passage under a given pressure.</div>
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			<div class="t">Watt</div>
			<div class="d">A unit of electric power.</div>
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			<div class="d">An installation directly buried in earth, exposed to the weather, or in an area subject to saturation with water or other liquids.</div>
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			<div class="t">Wave Length</div>
			<div class="d">The distance, measured in the direction of propagation, of a repetitive electrical pulse or waveform between two successive points that are characterized by the same phase of vibration.</div>
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			<div class="t">Wetting</div>
			<div class="d">The ability of a material to absorb moisture.</div>
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			<div class="t">Wicking</div>
			<div class="d">The longitudinal flow of a liquid in a wire or cable due to capillary action.</div>
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			<div class="d">Wire can be divided into two areas: (1) a slender rod or filament of drawn metal, (2) a rod of drawn metal filament covered with insulation. These can be classified as drawn metal wire and insulated wire respectively.</div>
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			<div class="t">Wire Gauge</div>
			<div class="d">A system of numerical designation of wire sizes.</div>
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			<div class="t">Wire Nut</div>
			<div class="d">A closed-end splice that is screwed on instead of crimped.</div>
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			<div class="t">Wire Wrapped Connection</div>
			<div class="d">A solderless connection made by wrapping bare wire around a square or rectangular terminal with a power or hand tool.</div>
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			<div class="t">Wire Wrapping Tools</div>
			<div class="d">Portable electric tools and automatic stationary machines used to make solderless wrapped connections of wires to terminals.</div>
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			<div class="t">Wire and Cable Devices</div>
			<div class="d">Tying faces lacing cords and flexible sleevings which are used for wire and cable bundling, harnessing and holding. Other devices include plastic ties and clamps, spiral-cut plastic tubing and plastic U-shaped trays or ducts.</div>
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			<div class="d">Device for marking identification of wire and cable.</div>
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			<div class="t">Wire and Lead Cutters</div>
			<div class="d">Tools for cutting range from plier-type cutters to semiautomatic or fully automatic machines. Integrated with other wire processing operations such as stripping, forming and terminating.</div>
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			<div class="t">Wrapper</div>
			<div class="d">An insulating barrier applied as a sheet or tape wrapped around a co~l periphery.</div>
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			<div class="t">XHHW</div>
			<div class="d">Thermoset (X) higher (H) Heat resistant Wet rated building wire, 600 Volt, 90&deg; C  dry and 75&deg; C wet rated, meets U.L. Standard #44</div>
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			<div class="d">An XLPE-insulated, moisture resistant conductor for use in wet or dry locations up to 90&deg;C.</div>
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			<div class="d">Crosslinked PolyEthylene</div>
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			<div class="t">Yield Strength</div>
			<div class="d">The minimum stress at which a material will start to physically deform without increase in load.</div>
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			<div class="d"> DuPont's trade name for nylon resins.</div>
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			<div class="t">810   - Invoice</div>
			<div class="d">The transaction set can be used to provide for customary and established business and industry practice relative to the billing for goods and services provided.</div>
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			<div class="t">812 - Credit/Debit Adjustment</div>
			<div class="d">The transaction set can be used to notify a trading partner of an adjustment or billback and may be used to request an adjustment or billback. It identifies and contains the details and amounts covering exceptions, adjustments, credits, or debits for goods or services. This transaction set is multidirectional between trading partners</div>
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			<div class="t">816 - Organizational Relationships</div>
			<div class="d">This transaction set can be used to transmit pertinent information about a parent organization, its members and the relationship of a member to another member, and/or to the parent organization. A parent organization could be an association, a multi-hospital system, a chain of retail stores, a holding company, etc. This transaction set can be used to convey the identity and relationship of members to a parent organization; identify eligibility to purchase under the terms and conditions negotiated by a parent organization on behalf of its members; and to update application databases.</div>
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			<div class="d">Payment order/ Remittance Advice: The transaction set can be used to make a payment, send a remittance advice, or make a payment and send a remittance advice. This transaction set can be an order to a financial institution to make a payment to a payee. It can also be a remittance advice identifying the detail needed to perform cash application to the payee's accounts receivable system. The remittance advice can go directly from payer to payee, through a financial institution, or through a third party agent.<BR>
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			<div class="t">824 - Application Advice</div>
			<div class="d">The transaction set can be used to provide the ability to report the results of an application system's data content edits of transaction sets. The results of editing transaction sets can be reported at the functional group and transaction set level, in either coded or free-form format. It is designed to accommodate the business need of reporting the acceptance, rejection or acceptance with change of any transaction set. The Application Advice should not be used in place of a transaction set designed as a specific response to another transaction set (e.g., purchase order acknowledgment sent in response to a purchase order).<BR>
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			<div class="t">832 -  Price/Sales Catalog</div>
			<div class="d">The transaction set can be used to provide for customary and established business and industry practice relative to furnishing or requesting the price of goods or services in the form of a catalog.<BR>
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			<div class="t">850 - Purchase Order</div>
			<div class="d">The transaction set can be used to provide for customary and established business and industry practice relative to the placement of purchase orders for goods and services. This transaction set should not be used to convey purchase order changes or purchase order acknowledgment information.</div>
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			<div class="t">852 - Product Activity Data</div>
			<div class="d">The transaction set can be used to advise a trading partner of inventory, sales, and other product activity information. Product activity data enables a trading partner to plan and ship, or propose inventory replenishment quantities, for distribution centers, warehouses or retail outlets. The receiver of the transaction set will maintain some type of inventory/product movement records for its trading partners to enable replenishment calculations based on data provided by the distributor, warehouse or retailer.<BR>
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			<div class="t">855 - Purchase Order Acknowledgement </div>
			<div class="d">The transaction set can be used to provide for customary and established business and industry practice relative to a seller's acknowledgment of a buyer's purchase order. This transaction set can also be used as notification of a vendor generated order. This usage advises a buyer that a vendor has or will ship merchandise as prearranged in their partnership.<BR>
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			<div class="t">856 - Advance Shipping Notice</div>
			<div class="d">The transaction set can be used to list the contents of a shipment of goods as well as additional information relating to the shipment, such as order information, product description, physical characteristics, type of packaging, marking, carrier information, and configuration of goods within the transportation equipment. The transaction set enables the sender to describe the contents and configuration of a shipment in various levels of detail and provides an ordered flexibility to convey information. The sender of this transaction is the organization responsible for detailing and communicating the contents of a shipment, or shipments, to one or more receivers of the transaction set. The receiver of this transaction set can be any organization having an interest in the contents of a shipment or information about the contents of a shipment.</div>
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			<div class="t">864 - Test Message</div>
			<div class="d">The transaction set can be used to provide users with a capability to electronically move messages, contracts, explanations, and other one-time communications. It is the intent of this transaction set to provide electronic communication (messages) for people, not for computer processing. The use of the transaction set to transmit quasi or unique transaction set standards is discouraged. The use of the Text Message transaction set demands of the sender certain detailed information about the recipient. The transaction set's purpose is to provide communication to the recipient in some human-readable form. The recipient's network will dictate what capabilities are available for delivery of the information. It is the responsibility of the sender to obtain this information and include it in the transmission<BR>
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			<div class="t">997 - Functional Acknowledgement</div>
			<div class="d">The transaction set can be used to define the control structures for a set of acknowledgments to indicate the results of the syntactical analysis of the electronically encoded documents. The encoded documents are the transaction sets, which are grouped in functional groups, used in defining transactions for business data interchange. This standard does not cover the semantic meaning of the information encoded in the transaction sets.<BR>
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